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Boy, 10, hailed a 'medical mystery' has huge zip-like scar from UK-first operation

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Life's a beach! Get the brightest stories sent to your inbox with the Daily Star newsletterA little boy was left with a zip-like scar after surgery to relocate his only kidney – the first UK operation of its kind.Ivor Jeffrey lost his first kidney at one and with his second failing rapidly, his devastated parents accepted an operation was their boy’s only hope.The 12-hour complete aortic bypass saw medics move Ivor’s kidney from the right to the left hand side of his body.It left the tot with a giant scar running across his stomach, which was held together by staples – resembling a giant zip across his tiny body.Mum Toni-Lee Jeffrey, 29, said: “Ivor has been a medical mystery since the day he was born.

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