Daughter's Poo Saves Father From Critical Bowel Infection Through Faecal Transplant

In and extraordinary attempt to save a human life, Les Barnes has been cured of his critical illness using the “poo transplant,” that came from his own daughter, Debbie. Barnes was suffering from severe bowel infection, Clostridium Difficile (Cdiff).

Due to Cdiff, Barnes experienced loss of appetite, severe diarrhoea and upset stomach. The successful faecal transplant has made Barnes the first man to undergo such kind of a surgery in the Teesside region of the UK. The idea of the rare surgery came from the consultant gastroenterologist, Chris Wells, at the University Hospital of North Tees.

When Wells explained what actually happens during a faecal transplant to Barne's family, his daughter, Debbie didn't take a second to volunteer for the act. Wells explained how during the surgery, healthy poo of the donor is mixed with the ill person's poo and then transferred back to the bowel of the affected individual. This helps healthy bacteria fight the bad bacteria in the patient's body, thus facilitating the bowel movement.

52-year-old Debbie has her stool tested before the transplant, just to ensure that her poop is free of bad bacteria and is suitable for the transplant. The faecal transplant lasted for about an hour as sedated Barnes watched the entire procedure on the endoscopy screen.

“I had a bit of sedation, but watched it all happening on the screen in the endoscopy unit. It was interesting! I knew it had worked straightaway. The next day Dr Wells said I could go home and I said hadn’t been to the toilet. He said, you will. I was almost looking forward to it! Sure enough, when the time came I was fine and everything was back to normal. It’s been about four weeks now and everything is still fine,” said Barnes, reported Gazette Live.

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