ABI XMAS
donor hit brick wall wall. Dad Andy Andy, 49 49, was ruled out and mum Jo, 47, was unable to donate because of a medical condition. Sister Jess, 19, was being tested.
The call the family longed for came in August and the surgery was a success.
Abi, who hopes to become a child psychologist, said: “Now I’m well I’ve got a lot to catch up on and I just want to embrace it all.”
But she added: “It wasn’t all gloom. I met amazing doctors and nurses and saw there’s a lot of kindness and support out there.”
Mum Jo agrees. She said: “We’re astounded by the level of love we’ve had.
“Abi’s illness means we e have discovered a level of humanity ty that most people never will.”