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“You sometimes think, ‘if there’s a god then jeez, he’s cruel’.”
The worlds of Rutherford’s Leigh Kenyon and her daughter Lucy Treharne were rocked after her kidneys shut down overnight on October 9.
Within hours, the pair’s lives were irreversibly changed – with Lucy unable to go to school and Leigh quitting her job to look after her.
Lucy’s father has already launched into the extensive process of becoming a donor. While a blood and tissue match, he’ll have to complete more than 20 medical tests to be given the final all clear to give a kidney to his daughter.
The family know it’s not a lifetime solution, with Lucy likely to require another transplant in 10-15 years.
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