The reason good luck cards are anonymised is to protect both the donor and recipient.
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The reason good luck cards are anonymised is to protect both the donor and recipient.
I think a good luck card with an organ donation is a good idea. As long as it's sent anonymisly. The secret donor must have a change of heart that's why they will try IVF.
sometimes peoplesign up to donate and then get 'called up' years later almost having forgotten they did the test..?Quote:
Originally Posted by Chloe O'brien
I have known donors be on the register, and when they were macthed to a patient, decline because when it came to i, they couldnt get the time needed off work?
the anoymising of the cards etc, is in brutal truth, in case the transplant isnt a sucess and the recipient doesnt make it
Emmerdale's Andy Sugden and Debbie Dingle make a massive decision in the coming days as they vow to have another baby together in order to save their young daughter Sarah, who is seriously ill.
Sarah was recently diagnosed with the rare genetic disease Fanconi Anaemia and is now in need of a bone marrow transplant. When Andy and Debbie (Charley Webb) learn that a potential donor has pulled out next week, they start to look at alternative courses of action and agree to have a saviour sibling to help Sarah.
Andy and Debbie's plans will have massive implications for their respective relationships with Alicia Gallagher (Natalie Anderson) and Cameron Murray (Dominic Power) - not least because they now have to pretend to be a couple to go ahead with the IVF treatment. Will they all be able to stay united for Sarah's sake?
Here, Emmerdale's long-serving actor Kelvin Fletcher - who plays Andy - chats to Digital Spy about his character's compelling new storyline.
This is a big storyline for Emmerdale. Have you enjoyed being part of it so far?
"Yeah, I have enjoyed being part of it. We're still only at the start of this storyline really, but up to now it's been great. It's always nice to get a storyline - I know all actors say that, but it genuinely is, as it feels like the show's team are putting their faith in you to do it justice, so it's quite a compliment. It's been good and a nice chance to work with some great actors and actresses - Natalie Anderson, Jeff Hordley, Emma Atkins, Charley Webb and Dominic Power."
There had been hints of a big storyline for Debbie and her loved ones for quite a while. Has this storyline been planned for a long time?
"Yeah, I think they've had this storyline planned for a very long time. I think they were originally going to start running the storyline earlier in the year, but it was put back a little bit. It's something that they've thought about for quite a while and they wanted it to be absolutely perfect before running it - and it has been, so that's why we're starting it now. Hopefully we can do it justice."
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As Fanconi Anaemia is so rare and few people have heard of the illness, have you been doing a lot of research for this storyline?
"Definitely. The whole team have been doing a lot of research over this - right from the top, so that's the storyliners, the scriptwriters, the producers and everyone else involved. When you take something like this on, it has to be done right.
"There's so much medical research that's needed, so that's all been done and taken care of. When you do the research, you realise how serious the condition is, how upsetting it would be and the impact that it would have on a child's parents and the immediate family."
How does the saviour sibling idea come about, and do Debbie or Andy have any reservations?
"The reservations over this all come from Andy. Debbie is very quick to react when they hear the news that there's no donor and they're going to have to do this themselves. They could wait to see if there's another donor, but that could take time they just haven't got. So Debbie is quick to suggest that she and Andy could have a baby themselves, as that would give Sarah the best chance.
"Andy is taken aback by the idea. It's never a question that he's not prepared to do it, but he's thinking about the implications that it will have on everybody else and his life with Alicia. He's also considering the magnitude of having a baby with someone who's not his partner - it's a big ask.
"Andy worries that they're rushing into this, but he soon realises that it's the best chance they have to save Sarah. He agrees to it, but he's a little bit nervous about how things are going to pan out."
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How does Alicia feel about the idea?
"Well, recently it's sometimes seemed that Alicia hasn't been very supportive of Andy, as we saw when they ended their relationship. So Andy was surprised when she came back and accepted the situation - they weren't going to go to Spain, it'd be a struggle due to Sarah's illness and all the trips to hospital, but she wanted to be with him and support him.
"Alicia is showing support, but her support is tested with this storyline. It's gone far beyond a tricky time - Andy is now going to have to have a baby with his ex. It may not be touched on a great deal, but I also think a bigger issue for Alicia is the fact that she can't have children herself."
Andy and Cameron have sometimes clashed, so could this situation make things worse between them?
"Well, I think recently we've seen scenes which show that Andy and Cameron have a common ground - they've both got Sarah's best interests at heart. I think Andy was a little bit reluctant about Cameron at first, especially as he feared that Cameron was taking over the role of Sarah's father. Cameron would never do that, but Andy is very proud and it took him a while to realise it. Now they all have common ground, I think Cameron will agree to go along with whatever it takes to make Sarah healthy again."
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Debbie and Andy also have to pretend to be a couple, don't they?
"Yes. Initially it's just for the authorities, as to get accepted on to the IVF treatment, you have to be an active couple to ensure that the baby would be brought up in a stable, loving background. So Andy and Debbie are having to pretend to the health services that they're a couple and they're very happy together.
"Afterwards, this also extends to the village. Close friends and family know that Andy and Debbie aren't really a couple and it's all a bit of an act, but in the village, the gossip is that Andy and Debbie are back together."
Is there a chance that Debbie and Andy could develop real romantic feelings for each other because of this?
"I'm not sure, but it's not something that's been spoken about so far. At the moment, there's not really a chance for any kind of spark to develop, as the time they have together sees them focusing on Sarah's illness and the plan that they're making. It's very clear that they're doing this completely for Sarah - it's as simple as that."
Does the saviour sibling plan divide opinion in the village?
"I imagine it will - as would happen in real life, people will have an opinion on what Debbie and Andy are doing. Whether you want to call it IVF, a designer baby or a saviour sibling, they're having another baby with the purpose of saving the daughter that they already have. There's no suggestion that the child wouldn't be loved, but it's just a really unusual scenario.
"So I imagine characters in the village will have their opinions, but I haven't really been involved in many scenes where they've expressed their opinions. I think those type of conversations will probably take place while Andy is not around to hear them."
Are you proud of the work that Sophia, who plays Sarah, has been doing on the storyline?
"Definitely. It's a big ask for any child actor to take on something like this. She has lines to learn and she's working in an adult environment, so she's expected to know her lines and listen to the director when she's told to play a scene or a line in a certain way. That's enough to take on as an adult actor, but she really takes it in her stride and I think she enjoys it."
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Do you find yourself taking an emotional storyline like this home with you, or are you able to switch off from it?
"I'm able to switch off from it. It does have an effect - sometimes I can go home and feel a little bit down, but I can generally switch off and you've got to do that, really. If I am struggling to switch off, my friends and family quickly help me to do so."
Is it nice to get a storyline that hasn't really been tackled by a soap before?
"It is. I've had a couple of storylines in the past that have never been done by a soap before, which is nice. It's good to do something unique and original, and it's an opportunity for us to all work together and do our best. It'd be nice to think that other soaps could maybe follow us further down the line if we do it justice.
"At the same time, though, you don't really think about whether it's been done before - you just treat it as you would any other storyline. Certainly I do, anyway. I just want it to look as good as possible, and I feel the same with any storyline that I'm given."
You've been at Emmerdale for 15 years now. Has it felt that long?
"No, it's really flown over! It feels that long when I look back at pictures from when I was a kid, but it's really flown. Emmerdale is a great place to work and I genuinely wouldn't be here if I didn't want to be. I love coming to work, I love the character I play and I love the people I work with. I'm as excited now as I was when I first started. And when you get a storyline like this, it provides another boost of excitement and eagerness to please the bosses and the viewers."
Wouldnt this be best in the thread already about Sarah's illness
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Emmerdale star Charley Webb has said that she would want to give birth to a saviour sibling if she ever faced the same predicament as her character Debbie Dingle.
Debbie was recently left devastated when she discovered that her young daughter Sarah has the rare genetic disorder Fanconi Anaemia. She is now desperate to have a 'designer baby' with her ex Andy Sugden (Kelvin Fletcher) to provide a bone marrow match for Sarah.
Webb told The Sun of the storyline: "I know it's a controversial issue and that some people are against the idea of saviour siblings, but it's all about individual choice. I hope the majority of viewers will see why Debbie feels she needs to have another child to save Sarah and also ask themselves, 'What would I do?'
"I think it's positive that we are posing these questions and making people think. I'm confident most people will understand that when it comes down to saving your child's life, you will do whatever it takes.
"Personally, I wouldn't care what it took. I would do absolutely everything and anything to save my child."
Webb and fellow Emmerdale star Matthew Wolfenden (David Metcalfe) have an 18-month-old son named Buster together. They have been an item for the past four years.
Emmerdale continues tonight at 7pm on ITV1.
Re Amy's baby being a match.....with a baby donation we are looking at retaining the umbilical cord and using the stem cells within it to transplant.
Will the writers remember this, and get Amy to talk re donation to her midwife before the birth, or will the baby being a donor crop up a week or so after the birth -when in reality the cord would be long gone?
Considering that Amy has the baby without anyone knowing it does seem unlikely.
Maybe this could be the cause of Cain's long term pain ,him knowing he'd forced Amy into virtual exile over the birth. and ruining Sarah's transplant chance. If it is ,Debbie and the rest of the Dingle clan won't be happy tigers.
I hate this storyline but I admire how Debbie is trying to do anything for her baby like any other mother would do
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Originally Posted by xcarlyx
I think the worst aspect is, how many pregnancies would she terminate at 11-12 weeks because it wasnt a match? I am not anti-abortion but you are getting here to the stage where the pregnancy/foetus is a functional thing, not a new life...
Emmerdale star Kelvin Fletcher has admitted that his character Andy Sugden is "shocked" by Debbie Dingle's next idea to save their ill daughter Sarah.
Debbie (Charley Webb) will soon tell Andy that they should try to conceive a child the natural way as part of their ongoing saviour sibling storyline.
The pair have already pursued other ways of having a child together for Sarah's sake, but the latest plan will prove to be the most shocking yet for their respective partners Alicia Gallagher (Natalie Anderson) and Cameron Murray (Dominic Power).
Fletcher told Soaplife of Debbie's suggestion: "Andy thinks it's a wind up. When he realises it's not, he's extremely shocked she's even mentioning such a thing. Apart from anything else, Andy can't see how Cameron and Alicia would accept it.
"He's very concerned about telling Alicia. He nearly lost her over the whole artificial insemination baby thing, so he's bound to lose her over this."
Confirming that a stunned Alicia soon decides to leave Andy, the actor continued: "He's hurt, but at the same time he knows he must do all he can to help Sarah. He's definitely willing to sacrifice his relationship for his daughter. He'll do whatever it takes, and if that means him losing everything around him, he's prepared for that to happen."
Fletcher added that Andy does not consider the possibility he could develop feelings for Debbie as a result of the plan.
"He's not anticipating that he will. He's a man - he can do sex without emotions," he explained. "But then things like that happen without you expecting them."
Emmerdale launched the saviour sibling storyline in October.
Emmerdale star Kelvin Fletcher has admitted that he feels torn over where Andy, Debbie and Cameron's storyline should go next.
Debbie (Charley Webb) is currently in a serious relationship with Cameron (Dominic Power), but is desperate for a saviour baby with Andy to help their daughter Sarah, who is seriously ill.
Next week's episodes see Debbie and Andy sleep together as part of the plan - leaving Andy with reignited feelings for his ex.
Speaking to All About Soap about whether an Andy and Debbie reunion could be on the cards, Fletcher explained: "I love working with Charley Webb, so selfishly, as an actor, I think Andy and Debbie would be a great couple. But as a viewer, I'd hate to see Debbie walk out on Cameron, because he's a good guy."
Debbie and Andy decide not to tell anyone that they went through with having sex, but Fletcher added that it may not stay secret for long.
"If Andy grows more jealous of Cameron, he might decide to use this knowledge as ammunition," he explained.
"Andy's starting to believe Debbie likes him and he thinks Cameron has a right to know that, but he isn't vindictive enough to use it at the moment - although when you want something badly enough, you resort to extreme measures."
Emmerdale continues on Monday at 7pm on ITV1.
EMMERDALE bosses have done a U-turn over plans to kill off little Sarah Sugden in one of the soap’s biggest ever tear-jerkers.
The youngster has been battling a rare genetic disorder for the last few months and needs a bone marrow transplant.
So mum Debbie Dingle, played by Charley Webb, 23, seduces Sarah’s dad Andy Sugden in the hope of having a donor baby.
It was planned for Sarah to die because the new tot is not a match but soap bosses decided it would be too upsetting for fans and have now changed the plot.
Debbie’s new baby, which will be conceived during secret sex sessions with her ex-lover Andy, will be born later this spring.
Sarah, played by seven-year-old Sophia Amber Moore, will have to wait to discover if the bone marrow is a match.
Viewers will this week see Debbie seduce Andy (Kelvin Fletcher) after luring him to a hotel room.
She will then announce she is expecting the baby she needs next month.
An Emmerdale insider said: “This was going to be one of the biggest and saddest storylines the soap world has ever seen. The plan was for Debbie to have the baby but, in a cruel twist of fate, it wasn’t going to be a match to save Sarah and the youngster was going to die.
“After much discussion, it was felt this would have been just too horrendous so they did a U-turn. The storyline is still being worked out but Sarah will not be killed off.”
An Emmerdale spokesman said: “It is not the case that the changes have been made to this storyline.”
Will be born later this spring?
Hang on......thats not nine months later!
Maybe she pregnant already but does not realise?
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Have they not tried the turkey baster method for a couple of months now?Quote:
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Perhaps the seasons are different in Dingledale to everywhere else in the country. Debbie, surely ,is going to know whether she's pregnant or not ,she's used the tester, has already talked about her monthly cycle. Maybe the Dingle clan have A shorter gestation period than other humans. Sounds like a storyline mess up.
The baby could be premature
we are talking born in April, so 5 months premature??!! that is 18 weeks gestation, so a world record by all accounts?Quote:
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and at the risk of being a pedant... they have to test at 11-12 weeks if the foetus is a match, and then take cord blood at term...all a bit rushed, and a total 'diss' if they go and take bone marrow from a premature babyQuote:
Originally Posted by sarah c
I would class May and even June still as spring
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If Debbie gets pregnant now, the baby shouldnt be born until mid-October?
Debbie had a miscarriage with Cameron .a few months ago. In Perdita's thread the shows producer says that the original plan was for Sarah not to survive her illness .maybe because Debbie miscarries the savior infant. Now the storyline has changed whereQuote:
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can the cure for Sarah come from ?
I thought Amy's baby would have played a part in Sarah's illness otherwise what was the point in Amy getting pregnant to have Kyle adopted and never heard of again.
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Amy told Debbie she'd had Kyle tested as a donor but no match found.Quote:
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Emmerdale star Kelvin Fletcher has said that he will be understanding if show bosses decide to kill off his screen daughter Sarah Sugden.
Sarah is currently suffering from the rare genetic disorder Fanconi Anaemia, which has left Fletcher's character Andy and his ex Debbie (Charley Webb) devastated in recent months.
Andy and Debbie have spent weeks trying to conceive a saviour sibling for Sarah (Sophia Amber Moore), as she needs a match for a bone marrow transplant. However, there are currently no guarantees that the youngster will pull through her ordeal.
Fletcher told the Daily Record: "People have been up in arms about it, but if it's a life-threatening condition, unfortunately that is one of the realities. There are families out there who are going through this sort of thing and some have a happy ending and, unfortunately, some don't.
"It's choosing which story you want to tell. Some people have said soaps have a responsibility to portray things in a good way, but they have a more important responsibility to portray real life and sometimes in real life things don't go according to plan."
He continued: "It probably comes across as really cold, but both ways would work for the show. I wouldn't like to lose little Sophia, who plays Sarah, and I wouldn't want Andy to lose Sarah because I love the relationship they've got but, at the same time, you've got to be ready to play that. I have no power and no say in it."
Earlier this month, a newspaper report suggested that the Emmerdale team had decided not to kill off Sarah - as they felt this outcome would be "too upsetting" for fans. However, the schoolgirl's fate remains unconfirmed by show chiefs.
Emmerdale continues tonight at 7pm on ITV1.
Emmerdale have re-cast the role of Debbie Dingle and Andy Sugden’s young daughter Sarah in time for the character’s return alongside Charley Webb’s long awaited comeback to the show.
Previously played by Sophia Amber Moore, the character has been taken over by Katie Hill and the youngster will make her debut on Tuesday 24th January as Debbie arrives home with her and Jack in a panic, being chased by sinister men she owes money too.
Sophia played Sarah from 2007 and during her time in the show, she was involved in storylines including the need for a bone marrow transplant after falling ill with a genetic condition called Fanconi anemia as well as leukemia. She was also heavily involved with the Killer Cameron plotline.
A spokesperson for Emmerdale confirmed the re-cast to Metro.co.uk, saying: ‘Due to the nature of the storyline the character of Sarah Sugden has been recast for an older actress. The role will now be played by Katie Hill.’
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We are currently sworn to secrecy over the full details of the storylines ahead for Debbie, the kids and the Dingles but the decision to re-cast is a heavy hint that things are going to be pretty dramatic.
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reminds me liv
Is she really sick again or faking to punish Debbie and get rid of Joe?
Who cares!
whose heart is she getting, amelia or leanna?
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Who will Joe pay for a heart for Sarah :p