A BABY who had just weeks left to live was saved with a liver transplant from her doting dad. Sophia Barnett was diagnosed with biliary atresia — a disease affecting the bile ducts — seven weeks after she was born. 4 Sophia Barnett, pictured with baby sister Florence, was saved with a liver transplant from her dad Credit: Kevin Dunnett 4 Sophia had just two weeks left to live before the transplant Credit: Supplied By the time dad Peter, 28, was identified as a potential donor her health was failing rapidly.
And as surgeons transplanted a section of his liver they realised they had made it just in time — she had just two weeks left. Luckily, the operation had been brought forward as mum Sarah, also 28, was pregnant. She said: “We didn’t know at that stage, but bringing the transplant forward would end up saving her life.
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