Miracle woman Lizzie banking on sixth liver op

A WOMAN who has been flown to a London hospital for her sixth liver transplant has said: “I will either die here or get a new liver”.

Kilkenny city woman Lizzie O'Farrell, the only person in the world to survive five transplants, has travelled to King's College Hospital in the hope of finding a suitable donor.

Her last liver failed almost a year ago and now a cocktail of pain-relieving drugs keep her alive. But through the painful waiting, she's never failed to smile and has never, ever given up hope.

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