100-Minute-Old Baby becomes UK's youngest organ donor
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Nearly 2,000 people have signed up to be organ donors since the parents of Britain's youngest donor told how they made the brave decision to donate their son's kidneys when he died after living for just 100 minutes.
Jess Evans was 12 weeks' pregnant with twins when she was told one of the sons she was carrying had a rare and fatal condition which prevents the brain and skull developing.
Ms Evans and her fiancé Mike Houlston were told their baby would either be stillborn or die very shortly afterwards. But the couple from Cardiff were determined their son's life would be remembered and decided to allow his kidneys and heart valves to be donated so he could save the lives of others.
The twins, Teddy and Noah Houlston, were born a year ago at the University of Wales Hospital in Cardiff, but Teddy died after clinging to life for just 100 minutes.
Just minutes later, his tiny organs were removed before being transported 233 miles away, where they were given to a man suffering from renal failure.
