The family of a missing 17-year-old boy are urging him to 'come home soon', police said.
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A dad facing a 'death sentence' after being diagnosed with a rare disease has issued a desperate appeal for help. Jack Pridmore, 27, who suffers from primary sclerosing cholangitis, needs a liver transplant.
It is the only treatment for the disease, an auto-immune condition which affects the bile ducts in his liver. Jack, from Leeds, has been placed on the transplant list since July but is yet to find a donor, Leeds Live reports.
He has been in and out of hospital with the illness, which has seriously affected his family. A few weeks ago was rushed to A&E after suffering severe swelling to his body, which made it difficult for him to move.
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Jack's fiancée Shannon Rose said: "It's affected everybody really badly. Jack just sees his condition at the minute as a death sentence because he doesn't know if he's going to get one in time - no one does.
"We've got a four-year-old as well and it's been a really confusing and upsetting time for him because he's not old enough to really understand what's going on." Now, Shannon is desperately appealing for potential donors to come forward.
She added: "It would be not only life-changing for Jack and everyone in the family, but it would be life-changing for that person as well to have been able to do that. If somebody can't donate, we at least want people to keep sharing it."
Shannon herself tried to donate part of her liver, but was unable to due to being incompatible. According to the NHS, while there are always risks, live liver donation is considered low risk to the donor.
Part of the liver would be removed and then transplanted into the patient. However, the liver has some important
The family of a missing 17-year-old boy are urging him to 'come home soon', police said.
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