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Heart transplant teenager Kayleigh - five years on
Sunderland Echo
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20/11/2024
Spotlight on courageous Kayleigh Llewellyn - 5 years on from the Seaham teenager's heart transplant.
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Five years ago, Kayleigh Llewellyn was a 12-year-old battling for life.
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The Siam youngster went from a girl who was playing football the night before to being
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sent to the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle, struggling to breathe.
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She was placed on the urgent transplant list for a new heart in November 2019 and her hopes
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of receiving one came true within days.
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Now, five years on, Kayleigh is a bright 17-year-old who is going to college, learning to drive
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and to find out more about organ donation, visit here.
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