Parents shared their kidneys to twin sons

One received a kidney from his mother, the other - from the father

In 20-year-old Ashley and Jason Raulstounov, residents of the English town Long Eaton, Nottinghamshire - Alport syndrome, patients whom to lead a normal life in need of a kidney transplant. Symptoms brothers appeared a couple of years ago, although there was a predisposition from the moment of birth - this hereditary disease has been the relatives of their mother. Last year, the doctors said they need urgent kidney transplant.

Queue for a kidney in the UK is long, time is running out as Raulstounov - required urgent transplant. Brothers saved parents. Rob and Ann passed tests and after it became clear that they have healthy kidneys, it is possible to share one, and that they are well-suited organisms sons shared with Ashley and Jason and his internal organs. Kidney father went to Jason and his mother a kidney - Ashley.

"As soon as I found out that they need a transplant, - says 52-year-old Anne Raulstoun, mother of twins - then immediately decided that I would become their donor. It was an automatic reaction. We do not for a moment doubt, that we want to do it. "

The case is unique for several reasons. Firstly, Alport syndrome, a rare in itself, still less common in identical twins. Secondly, Professor Neil Turner, the president of the organization "of the kidneys," never in my long medical practice did not meet the case when the donor children become parents.

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