A devoted wife has given her husband the greatest gift anyone could ever give.

Keiran Hodgson,48 ,was diagnosed with a hereditary kidney disorder known as polycystic kidney disease 15 years ago, which his father was also born with.

He had a kidney functioning of just 15% and was suffering from numbness and tingling in his left leg with extreme fatigue and an irregular heartbeat.

Emma Hodgson, his wife,42, said that, ““Up until six months ago he had been living a full and unrestricted life and then he went downhill really sharply. I was watching him feeling extremely fatigued. He was physically and mentally unwell, experiencing lots of numbness and tingling in his legs and I was scared to death when his heart arrhythmia kicked in.

“I felt like we were running out of time and something catastrophic was going to happen.” 

According to Mrs Hodgson, her husband had hid information about the the living donor donation scheme in the car. But on finding out she could be a possible match, Emma went ahead and got herself tested.

Mr Hodgson’s kidney function dropped to 11% before the transplant. They were both operated on February 27, with the surgery being successful at the Northern General Hospital in Sheffield.

He said: ”“Everything was on hold. All we could think about was the transplant date. We couldn’t think about moving, booking a holiday or getting a new car, but now I’ve got some options back. Emma has given me the greatest gift that anyone can give someone – she’s given me life. Nothing I could do could ever repay her.” 

Mrs Hodgson said,” “You realise the things you normally worry about, like a bad day at work, aren’t worth the stress. Life is for living, and we’ve stopped waiting to do the things we always talked about.”

The couple are now keen on spreading awareness through their story about the urgent need of more living kidney donors and are enroute recovery.