When Lisa McGee blows out the candles on her 50th birthday cake this week, she will be thinking of the two strangers who have given her the greatest gifts – two kidneys.
The mum of one, who has had two transplants in the last nine years, has been planning a host of celebrations to mark the milestone she feared she might not live to see.
Lisa received her second kidney five months ago and said she will be forever grateful to the living donors who gave her a second and third chance at life.