A mum from Lancaster who fought a legal battle for her teenage son to have a kidney transplant has thanked the donor who saved his life.
Ami Mclennan appeared on BBC Breakfast where she said her son William Verden's surgery had been a success.
William, 17, needed a new kidney but doctors initially wouldn't operate because he has autism.
But after his family went to court, a judge ruled in March that the surgery was in William's best interests.
Ami was interviewed by BBC Breakfast presenters Jon Kay and Sally Nugent on the live Tuesday morning show. Images below from the BBC.
"He's doing really really well," she said.
"He's nearly standing alone, playing X-box, he's doing really well."
When asked when William might be able to go home, Ami said: "It depends on the pain medication he's been on for three weeks, when that comes down, and how he gets on walking.
"He's almost there."
Last year, Ami said she'd felt "physically sick" when medical professionals suggested end-of-life care for William.
But now she says after the kidney operation he doesn't need dialysis and can now "go to college more".
William's new kidney came from a deceased donor.
In a message to the donor's family, Ami said: "There's not enough words to thank you, you've saved his life. There are no words. Just thank you."
William was found to be suffering from a rare kidney disease in 2019.
Doctors discovered he had 40 per cent kidney function - which later reduced to 5 per cent - and FSGS, a rare disease that attacks the kidneys and can cause kidney failure.
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