Sophie Hughes was in Australia when she received a gut-wrenching email from the other side of the world. Her baby nephew was gravely ill – and she was the only one who could save his life.
The Stockport model had been living in the country for three years when she was told the news in May 2016. Just weeks after her brother Ant welcomed his son Oscar into the world, the tot was diagnosed with a rare condition.
Doctors discovered the newborn had biliary atresia, an illness which causes the bile ducts outside and inside the liver to become scarred and blocked. The condition can prove fatal if not corrected with surgery or a liver donation.
