Critically ill boy now 'full of energy' after kidney transplant from mother
Friday May 7, 2021, 12:01 AM McFaulds family An eight-year-old boy who fell severely ill with kidney failure is “back on his feet and full of energy” after having a successful transplant from his mother. Leo McFaulds, a “typical happy, healthy boy” from Elgin in Moray, contracted an E.coli infection along with his brother Samuel, four, in May last year and the pair developed a rare and life-threatening disease. Both boys were struck down by haemolytic uraemic syndrome, which leads to anaemia and kidney shutdown, and were urgently transferred to the Royal Hospital for Children (RHC) in...
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