Ely family hopes for toddler’s transplant by Christmas

The family of a two-year-old boy waiting for a kidney transplant from his dad is hoping he can have the operation before Christmas.

Ari, from Sutton near Ely, Cambridgeshire, was born with posterior urethral valves, which caused kidney failure.

He started life-saving dialysis at one week old and his parents Shona and Reece said they had spent most of his life in hospital.

They hoped to raise awareness of the Peterborough-based charity Kidney Research UK, and open Ari’s world “to more than just home, car, and dialysis on repeat”.