The parents of Angelo Ray, who died after eight days of birth has donated his organ for another baby to live.
Nothing could prepare Valentina Daprile for losing her son, Angelo Ray, when he was eight days old. But she and her husband Luigi were determined to donate his organs so that another baby could live.
It was something the hospital had never considered before. Organ donation from a neonatal baby (a baby under 28 days old) is incredibly rare.
The family were told this week that one of the heart valves belonging to Angelo Ray was successfully transplanted to a newborn baby that was born with a congenital heart disease
Valentina was overwhelmed with emotion when she found out and said: “Now we know a part of our baby is definitely living on and it is an amazing legacy.” BBC
