My Dad Gave Me A Kidney - Now I Can Have My Dream Wedding

Kieran Innes was conscionable 25 erstwhile he was diagnosed pinch kidney nonaccomplishment and told he would request dialysis 3 times a week.

He was devastated and worried that he would person to curtail plans of a dream wedding and honeymoon pinch fiancée Lara Russell.

Two years later his early has been transformed acknowledgment to his kidney philanthropist - his 63-year-old dada Brian.

"This has 100% made our enslaved stronger, I consciousness everlastingly for illustration I beryllium him," said Kieran. "Everything I'm capable to do now is because of him and I person nary worries immoderate more."

The mates are owed to necktie nan knot successful Uphall, West Lothian, adjacent period earlier jetting disconnected connected a "minimoon" to New York, followed by a honeymoon successful Italy successful October.

"Things would beryllium a batch different had I still been connected dialysis," nan 27-year-old pizza cook said.

"We were readying nan wedding anyhow but things would person been a batch different had I still been connected dialysis and nan honeymoon would person been a spot of a disaster to plan.

"You tin do it but it involves nan NHS arranging for dialysis successful different country, which is unthinkable that they tin do that, but would person been very difficult."

Kieran began emotion very unwell erstwhile he was connected a family vacation successful Cullen, Moray, successful July 2022.

In St John's Hospital successful Livingston nan pursuing day, he was told his humor unit was "through nan roof".

Six weeks later, medics said his kidneys were failing. He was fitted pinch a stent successful his thorax and he was put connected dialysis.

Kieran "absolutely hated" having nan stent. It made showering difficult because it was not to get bedewed and he feared catching it connected his clothing and furniture sheets.

He was put connected nan waiting database for a kidney but was warned that it could return a very agelong time.

So his fiancée, Lara, 29, asked some their families for a unrecorded kidney donation.

"That was thing I was petrified about, I don't cognize really to attack that benignant of point but I had a batch of thief from my fiancée, she was really guardant successful helping maine ask," Kieran said.

Eight group came guardant to connection their kidney including Lara's dada and Kieran's relative and sister.

However, Kieran's dada was nan 1 nan infirmary chose to spell guardant pinch nan cognition successful March 2024.

Brian, who lives successful Prestonpans successful East Lothian, told BBC Scotland News really he was "anxious and nervous" astatine nan thought of nan operation.

The father-of-seven said: "They spell complete nan scenarios, they person to beryllium truthful, arsenic pinch immoderate surgery, and they said location was a chance of decease and I was reasoning astir my different six children.

"However, kidney transplants are rather regular now and though it was ever astatine nan backmost of my mind I wasn't that anxious astir it and erstwhile I made nan determination I was committed to it."

Brian had recovered it difficult seeing really overmuch his boy was suffering connected dialysis and wanted to do thing to alteration nan situation.

He added: "He was elated erstwhile I told him I would springiness him a kidney and thought it was awesome that I was doing it for him."

When Brian woke up aft nan room he felt "relieved" and instantly asked if his boy was well.

"Kieran's life is backmost to normal now and he's backmost working," Brian said.

"He wouldn't beryllium capable to spell consecutive to New York aft nan wedding [without nan transplant].

"It's decidedly brought america person together. He's ever hugging maine now and he arranged a travel for america to spell distant together earlier this twelvemonth arsenic a convey you.

"I'm proud of what I did. I'm judge anyone would do that for their kids."

Brian, who has worked arsenic a cameraman for BBC Scotland for much than 40 years, bounced backmost quickly from nan operation.

He was backmost astatine activity connected ray duties aft 8 weeks and flew retired to screen nan European shot championships successful Germany a further 4 weeks later successful June 2024.

The kidney should past astir 25 years, meaning Kieran will request astir 3 transplants successful his lifetime.

So what will Brian beryllium reasoning this Father's Day?

"Obviously I person 7 kids truthful you've sewage to deliberation astir them each but I person a soft spot for Kieran and what I did for him," he said.

Kieran said: "I consciousness truthful happy now, I beryllium my dada my life. I'm capable to get joined stress-free now and person my dream wedding because of him and beryllium capable to walk clip pinch my siblings and fiancée arsenic good arsenic scheme to recreation and past settee down to person children."