A woman who dropped everything and flew from Australia to England to donate part of her liver to save her baby nephew's life has explained how it changed her body and her life, forever. Sophie Hughes was in Australia when she received an email to say her baby nephew was seriously ill – and only she could save his life.
Model Sophie had been living in Australia for three years in 2016 when he brother Ant told her newborn nephew Oscar had a rare and life-threatening illness, Oscar had biliary atresia, which causes ducts around the liver to become scarred and blocked.
The condition can prove fatal if not corrected with surgery or a liver donation, but doctors did not want Ant and his wife Kerry to volunteer as donors because they would need to look after Oscar. As soon as Sophie heard the news she offered herself as a donor. Ant and Kerry declined, hoping another donor would be found.
