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hat was to perform a biopsy, which hey didn’t really want to do for fear of amaging the kidney.

“We are in a much better place now. Thomas is full of beans, bouncing off the walls. We never expected that before his transplant.

“Before his transplant he couldn’t have a bath to avoid getting his tubes wet.

“Over the summer he was jumping in the paddling pool at nursery with his clothes on.”

Izzy’s transplant had an even bigger impact. Her mum Emma said: zzy started walking a month after her ransplant, she stopped vomiting, and er bones have already started

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straightening. Every year we take her to the National Arboretum.

“Before her transplant, she had to sit in her pushchair and I wished she could walk through the autumn leaves.

“This year she could, she was running around looking for Gruffalo statues. She loves having the freedom to go out, play, and sing.”

Even so, both Izzy and Thomas will probably need further kidney transplants in the future as their new organs are unlikely to last their whole lifetime.

Izzy’s mum Emma said: “You hear about some kidney transplants that last 40 or 50 years, but that is unlikely for Izzy and Thomas because they had the operation so young.

“The transplant is a treatment, not a cure. They could go through several

She may be Captain Marvel but Brie Larson had her work cut out joining Bear Grylls on his latest Running Wild adventure series.

Brie only had human powers to rely on as she embarked on a trek through mangrove swamps, and a helicopter plunge into sharkinfested waters.

She is joined by stars Cara Delevingne and Channing Tatum for the show, which launches on National Geographic on January 19.

Bear says: “I am so proud that each Hollywood A-lister who joins me on these journeys through the wild, always has such a lifeaffirming experience.”

Lucky them.

LITTLE SMILER Izzy now has freedom to play outside The Headings after Izzy’s op She is hooked up to machine

DROP ZONE Brie Larson and Bear in action TV vicar Kate Bottley has a sweet tooth. Despite her chosen profession, she’d quite like to hide away at Christmas... “The thought of spending the Big Day alone under the duvet with a box of toffees is very appealing,” she said.