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Jen Pharo & Amy Sharpe

Mum says son 'would have died for nothing' if she had listened to doctors

A campaigning mum has told of her relief after son William Verden at last got a vital kidney transplant.

Amy McLennan took the fight for his right to surgery through the courts after medics suggested end-of-life care instead.

William, 17, who has a rare kidney disease as well as autism and ADHD, has been kept alive via dialysis with medics predicting he would not live to adulthood.

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