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KEVIN McDONALD has revealed his brother almost DIDN’T give a kidney to him because of a blunder by Royal Mail.
The former Scotland midfielder was given a life-changing organ transplant last year, after his older sibling Fraser went under the knife to give him one of his.
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But McDonald was initially matched with his best pal because the postie sent his brother’s blood sample to the WRONG lab.
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He said: “It was quite strange because it actually wasn’t meant to be my brother at first!
“It was meant to be donated by my best mate Danny Millar.
“The whole thing was actually down to Royal Mail. I don’t know how they have come into the story of my kidney transplant!
“The Royal Mail sent my brother’s bloods back to the wrong place.
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“People that I had nominated had blood things sent out.
“My mates sent them back and my brother sent his back so I went to see the surgeon.
“It was an appointment in London on a random Tuesday night and the surgeon was like, ‘Danny Millar will be doing your transplant’.
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“I asked, ‘But what about my brother?’ And the surgeon said, ‘We have not had your brother’s blood back’.
“It was a strange situation. But I suppose all things work out for a reason. Something fell through with Danny’s blood on the medical side.
“But by that time my brother’s blood had been analysed, and he ended up giving his kidney to me.
“The Royal Mail had sent his sample somewhere else.”
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