The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
Parents hope battler Kenzy to get home soon
health: Family of young transplant patient ‘in limbo’ at Ninewells Hospital
The family of brave Angus boy Kenzy Oliver hope it will not be long before he is able to return to their Arbroath home.
The youngster – who has rare liver disease biliary atresia – underwent a liver transplant in December at King’s College Hospital in London.
Complications meant he was in hospital for 60 days before being well enough to fly on an air ambulance to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee last Wednesday.
Parents Nicky and Michelle are awaiting the results of tests which will dictate whether he stays at Ninewells, returns to King’s or is allowed home. Nicky said: “The staff at Ninewells are fantastic and we just need some more medical tests finalised to make sure he is stable and able to come home.
“We are in that phase at the moment where we’re being told you’re almost ready to go home but we’re waiting on results and depending on what happens with that then you might stay here or go back to Kings. We are still in limbo at the moment.”
Kenzy initially responded well to his new liver but developed difficulties with his breathing and his body rejecting the new organ. It took time to get the right dosage of medication to stop his body rejecting the liver and Kenzy is likely to require oxygen for the next year.
When he is allowed to go home, Kenzy will need a wheelchair due to his getting tired. The family expect it will be another few weeks before Kenzy would be able to return to Warddykes Primary School.
Nicky said: “We’d like to thank the whole community, the team at King’s and Ninewells. Without people’s support it would have been a real struggle for us.”