Heart transplant teenager Kayleigh - five years on - video Dailymotion

Spotlight on courageous Kayleigh Llewellyn - 5 years on from the Seaham teenager's heart transplant.

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00:00Five years ago, Kayleigh Llewellyn was a 12-year-old battling for life.

00:07The Siam youngster went from a girl who was playing football the night before to being

00:12sent to the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle, struggling to breathe.

00:17She was placed on the urgent transplant list for a new heart in November 2019 and her hopes

00:25of receiving one came true within days.

00:28Now, five years on, Kayleigh is a bright 17-year-old who is going to college, learning to drive

00:36and to find out more about organ donation, visit here.