A teenager whose life was saved by a heart transplant just before Christmas three years ago has marked the milestone with a dream holiday that her family feared would never be possible.
Kayleigh Llewellyn was just 12 when she underwent the life-saving transplant at Newcastle’s Freeman Hospital in November 2019 after being diagnosed with a form of heart disease called cardiomyopathy.
This Christmas, the Seaham youngster has celebrated the three-year anniversary since she received the precious gift of life with a family trip to New York. The 15-year-old travelled to the Big Apple with mum Sonia Llewellyn and dad Shaun Sidney last week where they took in the sights including the huge Rockefeller Centre Christmas tree that she has always dreamed of seeing.
