The Star: July 30, 2020

Thursday July 30 2020 The Star
• By Devon Bolger
TEENAGER MADDIE Collins
has had her second transplanted
kidney removed after her body
rejected it.
The 16-year-old is now reliant
on dialysis to keep her alive.
She has been battling the kidney
disease, nephrotic syndrome
for several years.
Maddie’s mother, Sarah
Manson-Collins, said the kidney,
which was transplanted in 2018,
was removed on Tuesday following
a steady decline in its function.
“What caused the ambulance
to be called was high temperatures
and pain that even my
at-home chemist supply couldn’t
get under control,” she said.
“The day finished with Maddie
just out of theatre with her
transplanted kidney out, leaving
her with no kidneys at all.”
Manson-Collins said Maddie
is in less pain since the kidney
has been removed.
“Just like last time when her
first transplanted kidney was
removed it’s great seeing her
pain free.
“This means with no kidneys,
no weeing. We are completely
reliant on dialysis to keep her
alive. Without dialysis she would
become toxic and die.”
Mrs Manson-Collins said
Maddie has asked to keep the
removed kidney.
“It will join her collection of
her three other kidneys that have
been removed. Her own two native
kidneys and her kidney that
Adam gave her.”
Maddie received what was
termed a ‘miracle’ second kidney
transplant in 2018 after being
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Fire tragedy cause could be months away
• By Matt Slaughter
IT COULD be weeks or months
before more details about the
cause of the house fire which
killed two children in Burwood
is known.
Eight-year-old Braydon
Mulligan-Gibson and
9-months-old Arianna
Mulligan-Cooke perished when
the Vivian St house they were
in went up in flames on July 14.
It is believed the fire was
caused by a fan heater which
was left on in Arianna’s room.
Said Detective Sergeant Colin
Baillie: “As far as the wider
examination around the heater
and the electrics in the house,
all that has been overseen by
detectives in that area.
“Those things are still part of
the ongoing investigation and,
to be fair, it will be, I would
suggest, weeks or months
before the fire investigators
conclude their report.
“To surmise on what may or
may not have happened, from
a police perspective, would be
unfair on the family, who are
going through a hell of a lot at the
moment and investigations are
Maddie loses second
transplanted kidney
REJECTION: Maddie Collins, pictured with her mother Sarah Manson-Collins, who suffers
from kidney disease nephrotic syndrome, has lost her second transplanted kidney.
(Right) – Maddie in Christchurch Hospital this week. ​
told there was only a two per
cent chance of finding a match
in New Zealand.
The first was donated six years
ago by her father Adam but her
body rejected it.
There have been a series of ups
and downs since the transplant.
In December last year the
declining function of the kidney
still to be concluded,” he said.
Braydon and Arianna’s
funeral was held last week at
The Piano: Centre for Music
and the Arts.
A Givealittle page to support
their family has raised close to
$200,000.
To donate visit: https://
givealittle.co.nz/cause/braydenand-arianna
became clear through blood tests
showing high creatinine levels.
The family didn’t expect to be
able to find the second kidney
match and were planning a trip
to The John Hopkins Hospital in
Baltimore, United States, to find
one when they were notified an
organ had been found.
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80-year-old to be first
Sumner skydive
An 80-year-old is set to be the
first person to skydive onto
Sumner Beach on Saturday. Edith
Cavell Lifecare & Village rest
home resident Denis Stanton will
complete the jump to mark the
official launch Skydiving Kiwis
new attraction which will allow
people to jump out of a helicopter
onto the beach.
McLeans Island fire
victim named
The man who died in a house
fire on Conservators Rd,
McLeans Island on Monday
was Robert William Jones,
69. Jones died after a blaze
broke out about 7.30pm. Police
removed his body yesterday
morning. The property was
extensively damaged as a result
of the fire. Fire and Emergency
New Zealand and Police have
completed a scene examination
at the property and enquiries
into the circumstances of the
fire are ongoing. The death has
been referred to the coroner.
Bill to provide extra
protection for schools
Waimakariri MP Matt Doocey
says he wants to provide school
communities with an extra
layer of protection through his
Member’s Bill, which would
require the Department of
Corrections to notify schools of
sex offenders placed within their
communities. His bill was drawn
in Parliament last week.
Bomb squad called to
false alarm
A false alarm about explosives
at a property caused the
evacuation of several houses
in Rolleston on Tuesday.
Emergency services responded
to a report of explosives inside
a property on Hoskyns Rd
about 8.45pm. Residents along
the road were evacuated from
their homes as a precaution
after a person made a comment
suggesting there may have been
explosives at a nearby house.
Cordons were put in place for
about three hours and a bomb
squad was called. No explosives
were found.
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