the Irish press reported the outcome: Richie was finally able to donate part of his liver to his daughter Millie—who was about a year old at the time—and the little girl made a remarkable recovery. “Father loses 10 kg in just six weeks to donate part of his liver to his daughter and save her life” …is based on a true event. It is not simply a story made up for social media. The important nuance is that Richie didn’t lose 10 kg simply to “lose weight”: he had to meet the necessary medical requirements to become a living donor. The story unfolded in several stages—Millie’s diagnosis, the failure of the Kasai procedure, the search for a donor, and finally, the donation from her father
There was no better motivation’ – father drops 10kg in six weeks to donate part of his liver to baby girl