A couple got married after they met and fell in love while both having LIVER TRANSPLANTS
  • 5 years ago
A couple got married after they met and fell in love while both having LIVER TRANSPLANTS - and then spent their honeymoon at the British Transplant Games. See swns story SWLIVER. Wayne Boden, 49, was admitted to hospital in 2012 to wait for a liver transplant after his body rejected an earlier one. He met Shelley, 35, who was there for treatment after her body started to battle against a liver transplant she had six months earlier.The poorly pair struck up a friendship and enjoyed dates in the dayroom, as well as walks down the road together until Shelley was discharged.But she returned as a visitor just days later after learning Wayne had his operation and the couple grew closer, with him proposing last year.The pair tied the knot in an emotional ceremony last week - and then headed to both compete in the British Transplant Games in Newcastle for their honeymoon. Nursery nurse Shelley, who had a transplant after suffering autoimmune hepatitis, said: ""If I wasn't in hospital for my rejection we wouldn't have ever met.
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