Mother’s kidney donation gives daughter the gift of life

A MOTHER donated one of her kidneys to save her daughter yesterday — less than a year after her son died days before she was due to undergo the same operation to save him.

Mary Alvey hoped the transplant operation would give her daughter, Elizabeth, a new lease of life and allow her to start the family she desperately wanted.

But preparations for the procedure brought painful memories for the 53-year-old care assistant from Nottinghamshire. Her son, Peter, died last year as the pair awaited the same life-changing operation.