Frankie McCulloch is living proof that something wonderful can come out of tragedy. The 20-year-old mum is only alive thanks to a stranger’s decision to carry an organ donor card . When she was a baby, her liver was packing up because of a rare disease.
Time was running out but fate intervened when Lee Jones, a shy 22-year-old warehouse worker, decided to go on a rare night out. As he walked home a thug punched him for no reason. He banged his head on the pavement and died in hospital three days later.
Lee had carried a donor card since he was 16 so his parents honoured his wishes and his organs saved six lives. Frankie got half his liver – the other saving someone else in desperate need. Now Frankie has told how she and her family have formed a strong friendship with the parents of the man who saved her life.
Lee was attacked by a thug when walking home after a night out. ( Image: WALES NEWS SERVICE) “I owe this man everything,” she says. “I know I am alive today and have had the joy of becoming a mother myself because of him.
“Lee was only 22 when he died and I’m almost that age now. He lost his life so young, when he had so much to live for. I am determined to live my best life for both of us and make him and his family proud.
” 'I'm a TV writer and these are the best new films and shows to watch in June' Frankie was born with biliary atresia, meaning her bile ducts were undeveloped, causing irreversible liver damage. After Lee’s death in January 2005, she.
