'I Donated My Baby's Umbilical Cord. I Never Imagined Someone Else's Would Save Her'

Natasha and her daughter Ellaria

In 2017, Natasha Kirkpatrick made the decision to donate her newborn daughter’s umbilical cord blood. Little did she know that years later, someone else’s donation would save her daughter’s life. 

On Christmas Eve in 2019, at the age of two, Natasha’s daughter Ellaria was diagnosed with lymphoblastic leukaemia.

Sadly, she relapsed after chemotherapy and the family was dealt yet another blow when a planned stem cell transplant in 2022 was cancelled three days before...