The action of a pre-school teacher in the
United States has called for an international
significance, after she saved a five-year old
pupil's life by providing the child with one of
her kidneys.
The teacher, Beth Battista said that she had
no hesitation in offering her kidney after
hearing of Lyla's protracted search to find a
suitable donor. "I knew I just had to get
tested rather than watch her suffer," she
said.
Both Beth and Lyla are now recovering after
the successful transplant operation last
Wednesday.
The teacher and mother-of-two said that she
heard about Lyla's condition after her mother
Dena Carreyn shared a Facebook post about
the girl's desperate need for a living kidney
donor.
Lyla was diagnosed a year ago with
microscopic polyangiitis (MPA), a rare
autoimmune disorder which requires 12
hours of dialysis a day.
Beth contacted the the UW Health Transplant
Program in Wisconsin and, after two tests in
July and August, was deemed to be a
suitable donor for Lyla.
It was a rare match because she needed to
be the right blood group with few antibodies
picked up from previous bouts of sickness.
She also needed to have matching antigens.
In September she discovered that the child
was to be a pupil in her class at the Kids'
Express Learning Centre in Madison.
The operation itself required surgeons to
make four small incisions in her stomach in
order to pull the kidney out, before taking it
to Lyla, who was in a nearby hospital ward.
"It was the same level of a pain as having a
caesarean," the teacher told the BBC, "but
I'm pleased to say that as soon as the
kidney was put inside Lyla it began working
immediately."
"I was discharged from hospital 48 hours
after the surgery and am feeling OK although
really tired.
"But I am told this common among donors
because their remaining kidney needs to
grow to make up for the missing organ.
"I'm really proud to have saved her life."

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