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Connor Lynch

Dundonald family celebrate 'gift of life' two years after daughter's transplant

A Dundonald family have described the "gift of life" they received as they celebrate their daughter's second transplant anniversary.

When Ellie McConville was just 12 weeks old in June 2020, she was diagnosed with a rare liver condition called Biliary Atresia and was told that she would require a transplant.

She secured a place on the transplant list in October and a couple of months later on December 22, a few days before her first Christmas, her mum Ashleigh received a call at 3am saying that a transplant was available for Ellie and they needed to be on the 6am flight from Belfast to Birmingham.

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