Best Christmas ever as Gaurav gets the gift of life
It's the Christmas gift one little boy's family thought they would never receive – a life-saving transplant after a worldwide search for a donor.
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But miraculously, two-year-old Gaurav Bains has finally had the operation he desperately needed.
His family have endured a torturous ordeal as the months counted down to a Christmas deadline to find a bone marrow donor with a 100 per cent match.
The young lad had always been ill after being born premature, but earlier this year, after a series of chest infections, he was diagnosed with Monosomy 7 Syndrome, a rare blood condition.
Then in the summer, his family was told his best chance of a healthy life would be if a donor was found before Christmas
