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Adam Aspinall

Dog sniffs out organ donor on beach trip and helps save owner's life

A woman has revealed how her dog saved her life after sniffing out a 1-in-22 million organ donor on a trip to the beach.

Lucy Humphrey, 44, had been suffering from Lupus for 15 years and the debilitating condition which causes inflammation in the heart, lungs, liver and joints, had left her with acute kidney failure.

In 2019 she was given the daunting news that she might only have five years to live without a transplant and with her partner and her dogs Indie and Jake, she tried to make the very best of life.

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