""Giving the gift of life, to me it's just a human thing to do," he said. "Anyone with a heart would give something to keep someone else alive.""
""He was my family liaison officer; the person who knocked on my door to tell me my son had been killed in a road traffic collision. "He was such a compassionate man and very easy to talk to and supportive to our family. "We just seemed to gel and we've been friends for 21 years. "He's been here to support me and I've been there to support him. When my first kidney transplant started to fail, he told me 'you're going to have one of mine and I won't take no as an answer.'""
""Clare is one of those special people, we've joked over the years we are like siblings. "She is an amazing friend. Over my life I've had my ups and downs and she's been there for me, and vice versa.""
Tim Swinburn met Clare Brixey in 2004 when he knocked on her door to inform her that her 20-year-old son, Ashley, had died in a car crash. Brixey was on dialysis and living with kidney failure at that time. They maintained a close friendship for 21 years, supporting each other through difficulties. When Brixey's previous kidney transplant began to fail, Swinburn offered one of his kidneys. The four-hour transplant at Southmead Hospital in Bristol in October was successful. Both recovered well: Swinburn returned to work and Brixey resumed horse-riding. Both are planning fundraisers for transplant charities.
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