First transplant gave then eight year old additional 25 years.
In a landmark 200th kidney transplant for UCT Private Academic Hospital, a young man who has consistently defied the odds now has another chance at a full, healthy life his father stepping up to the plate as his kidney donor.
Thirty four-year-old Kevin Vicars was born with renal complications which, according to his doctor at the time, were incurable and meant that he likely had just weeks to live.
His shattered parents took him home to love and care for their precious boy as long as time would allow, but Kevin rallied and remembers a happy, normal childhood apart from regular blood tests.
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