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My daughter donated her hand to a stranger – holding it again has given me comfort

33-year-old Georgie Peterson, a Liverpool woman with the rare brain condition periventricular nodular heterotopia (PVNH), died in 2025 after a fatal seizure; her hand was donated to quadruple amputee Kim Smith of Milton Keynes, who received the transplant last autumn. Georgie’s mother Jackie Kirwan met Kim, finding comfort in holding her daughter’s hand again, while Kim expressed gratitude for the life-changing gift that allowed her to hold her granddaughter, with the pair planning to stay in touch; NHS Blood and Transplant notes limb transplants are rare and not covered by the standard Organ Donor Register.