Heart transplant patient Joe Matthews has been left shocked to the core after doctors said his son needs the same life-saving operation at the age of just four.
Joe was declared clinically dead for five minutes during heart surgery when he was 19. But he fought back to become a Transplant Games hero.
Now, in a cruel twist of fate, history is repeating itself and his young son Kit needs a transplant. Kit was rushed to the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle two weeks ago after doctors discovered he was suffering from an enlarged heart – the condition that nearly killed his dad.
The youngster is being kept alive on a Berlin Heart machine while his doctors and family wait in hope that an organ will be found to save him.
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