The mother of a five-year-old boy said she had been told to “say goodbye” to her son nine times before his life was saved by a triple organ transplant.
Vicky Ogg, from Chorley, said her son Kacey fell ill when he was eight weeks old. He was diagnosed with short bowel syndrome, an incurable disease caused by a birth defect, and Ms Ogg was told he would not survive the night.
But he was saved by three major surgeries in which most of his small intestine was removed. He then had to be fed through a tube – a process that damaged his liver so much that he needed a transplant as well as a new small intestine and large colon.
“Kacey became so poorly, he was dying every day,” said Ms Ogg.