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Dad saves baby son’s life by donating part of his liver

Jack Piney Jr. is one of only 800 people in the world to have been diagnosed with Systemic Juvenile Xanthogranuloma Histiocytosis.

Dad saves baby son’s life by donating part of his liver

Thu, 05 Mar, 2015 - 00:00

Peter Towe

He was in hospital from the day he was born and his diagnosis meant he was put on the UK's liver transplant list at five months of age.

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