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I took comfort from holding my late daughter's transplanted hand

www.bbc.com·Kate Bradbrook·25 days ago
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My daughter donated her hand to a stranger – holding it again has given me comfort 13 hours ago Kate Bradbrook in Liverpool Kate Bradbrook/BBC Kim Smith (left) received the donor hand last autumn from Jackie Kirwan's daughter, Georgie Peterson Holding your daughter's hand is something most mothers would take for granted. But for Jackie Kirwan, it means so much more. Her daughter, Georgie Peterson, died last year, aged 33, after a rare brain condition caused a fatal seizure. But Georgie, from Liverpool, donated her hand to quadruple amputee Kim Smith, who had it transplanted last autumn. Now Jackie, 65, has met Kim and says holding her daughter's hand once more has "given me huge comfort... there's a little piece of her still there". Family photo Georgie had been on the Organ Donor Register for many years and always wanted to help others, her mother said Kim, 64, from Milton Keynes, lost all four limbs eight years ago after contracting sepsis from a urinary tract infection.…

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