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<\/a>When it became clear that Azia needed an urgent transplant her mum Uzma Asghar immediately offered to donate her own kidney.<\/p>\nAnd, remarkably for the 12-year-old this was her SECOND transplant as she had already received a kidney from her dad.<\/p>\n
Uzma underwent her surgery at Birmingham\u2019s Queen Elizabeth Hospital to remove her kidney.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, just a few miles away at City Children\u2019s Hospital Azia was in surgery awaiting for the vital delivery of her new kidney.<\/p>\n
On December 22 Azia recovered fully and was allowed to go home for Christmas.<\/p>\n
Mum Uzma said on the day of her surgery \u201cIt was the hardest day of my life being away from Azia, We have a special bond \u2013 all the nurses on the ward would say it.\u201d<\/p>\n
She continued to say \u201cFor all her other operations I have always been by her side, going into the theatre.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo that was the most horrible part. I was in another hospital. I couldn\u2019t be there to hold her hand and see her wake up.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe night before I gave her a hug and told her it was OK to cry. I knew it was for the best so that she could get better.\u201d<\/p>\n
The next day I was an emotional wreck. I just wanted to see her. When I heard the good news that the surgery had gone well, it was a huge relief.\u201d<\/p>\n
Aiza was just two years old she when she diagnosed with congenital nephrotic syndrome, after both her kidneys failed.<\/p>\n
The condition causes a loss of protein in the body, and she had to undergo three years of dialysis because she was simply too small for a transplant.<\/p>\n
It was just before Azia fifth birthday that she underwent her first transplant at Birmingham Children\u2019s Hospital \u2013 after her father donated his kidney.<\/p>\n
The operation was a success, but four years later she developed a viral infection that meant the kidney started to fail.<\/p>\n
At first it would appear the kidney was still functioning, but by October 2017 it became clear that she would need a new one.<\/p>\n
If one wasn\u2019t found she would face hours of dialysis every week\u00a0and having to take more than 60 tablets and an injection every day.<\/p>\n
Without a second thought mum Uzma, a full-time carer volunteered.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t something I had to think about very hard,\u201d says Uzma. \u201cYou want your child to have the very best chance in life.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I can survive with one healthy kidney and Azia desperately needs the other to live as normal a life as possible, why wouldn\u2019t I choose to donate?<\/p>\n
\u201cI had been tested before when she had her first operation, so I knew I was a match.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy ex-husband was found to be a better match so he donated his, and we always knew that I could be a back-up.\u201d<\/p>\n
Four days later after Uzma\u2019s surgery and in good recovery she was discharged and was able to visit Azia every day.<\/p>\n
Uzma hopes that Azia can start to live a normal life again and go back to school and socialise with her friends.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe has been very unwell since September, and has missed so much school,\u201d says the relieved mum.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen she\u2019s on dialysis there are certain foods that she can\u2019t eat, and she can only have 500ml of liquids every day.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe will be on medication for life \u2013 but that\u2019s OK. Fingers crossed, she can finally start living like a normal 12-year-old girl again.\u201d<\/p>\n
Azia’s mum is urging people to sign up to the organ donation register \u2013 to give the gift of life to others.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s so important that people sign up to the register,\u201d says Umza, who lives in Burton-on-Trent.<\/p>\n
For more information about organ donation or to sign up to the organ donation register please visit <\/em>www.organdonation.nhs.uk<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Uzma Asgar from the Midlands gave her daughter the greatest gift of all this all at Christmas \u2013 she donated her kidney to save her little girl\u2019s life. 12-year-old Azia Hassan had faced months of grueling dialysis as she waited on the transplant list after she got a virus which caused her kidney to fail. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1225,"featured_media":25254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,53,3,112],"tags":[641,642,640],"class_list":["post-25253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-latest","category-news","category-top-stories","tag-azia-asgar","tag-kidney-transplant","tag-uzma-asgar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}