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A very outstanding story.
Former Westmeath footballer John Egan is recovering in hospital from a profitable kidney transplant.
Amazingly it was his father-in-law who supplied him with the organ after a 15-year battle with a persistent kidney downside.
Egan was pressured to finish his inter-county profession on the age of twenty-eight after a sequence of accidents and along with his kidney operate at lower than 30% in 2018.
He has been outspoken throughout the course of in regards to the want for extra folks to grow to be donors and was one in all hundreds throughout Eire impacted by the delay in a return to non-covid procedures throughout the pandemic.
This yr had seen the operate of the kidney in query drop beneath 9% earlier than his father-in-law Ollie stepped in and proved an acceptable match.
The now 31-year-old tweeted from hospital, saying:
On Monday this week I obtained a lifesaving kidney from my good friend and father-in-law Ollie. Each myself, Ollie and the kidney are all doing properly. Due to everybody who has reached out over the previous couple of years and proven help. I actually recognize it.
For anybody who sees this, please think about changing into an organ donor or have the dialog with your loved ones & associates. Thanks a mill, John.
On Monday this week I obtained a lifesaving kidney from my good friend and father-in-law Ollie. Each myself, Ollie and the kidney are all doing properly. Due to everybody who has reached out over the previous couple of years and proven help. I actually recognize it. #KidneyTransplant #ThankYou pic.twitter.com/yOgoxWG87H
— John Egan (@JohnEgan1111) November 10, 2021
Nicely needs have flooded in from the GAA world and past to Egan following the put up.
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