Most couples famously vow to look after one another ‘in sickness and in health’ on their wedding day.
But when Donna and Karl Ferris recited the lines on their big day seven years ago, little did they know how literal it would become.
Mrs Ferris was given just four hours to live after both her kidneys failed and told only a transplant would save her life.
Incredibly, her husband was found to be a match and the couple from Skelmersdale, Lancashire, are now hoping to start a family after successful surgery.
Mrs Ferris spent three years on dialysis after visiting her GP with back ache and discovering she was suffering from kidney failure.
When the 33-year-old’s kidney function dropped from 15 per cent to just three per cent in July last year she was given just four hours to live.
Doctors were able to fit a neck line for dialysis but told Mrs Ferris she would need a kidney transplant – so her 34-year-old husband, stepped in and offered one of his own kidneys.
Now the couple, who have been together 16 years, are recovering well and hope to try for a baby in 12 months’ time.
We always used to joke that Karl would end up saving my life in some way and now he actually has – he has been amazing,’ said Mrs Ferris.
‘I honestly don’t know where I’d be without him. My kidneys failed so it was all pretty scary for us.
‘I still have to go to the hospital three times a week for check-ups, but apart from that we are both doing really well.
‘One of the biggest things that we’d like to do now that we’re on the mend is start thinking about having a family, doctors have told me that in 12 months we can start trying for a baby.’
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