It changed her life
An "incredible" school girl is urging people to learn about organ donation after it changed her life.
"Quite often you hear about false calls where the organ just isn’t suitable enough. Dave was a better match than me but both of us would’ve jumped at the chance to help her, when it’s your child you would swap places with them in a heartbeat." "She had the surgery before undergoing further chemotherapy to ensure the cancer had gone out of her body. She has now been in remission for around nine years."
The event, which has been running now for 40 years, are organised on behalf of Transplant Sport whose aim is to raise awareness of the need for organ donation, encourage transplant recipients to lead active lifestyles and show appreciating for, and remember, donors and their families. When Emelie was six, she was crowned a sporting champion at the games.
Emilie told BBC Look North: "I am on the Leeds team and this year the British Transplant Games is in Leeds and this is where I had my transplant so I am really happy to go. I enjoy going because I can be around people who understand what I have been through in life."
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