By Adele Robinson, Midlands Correspondent
A woman has received a kidney transplant from a former convict after a desperate appeal in a local newspaper.
Sally-Ann Grainger, 34, featured in an article asking for a donor to come forward in January.
She went into renal failure after taking medication following a double lung transplant in 2009.
Ms Grainger had to have dialysis treatment three times a week and described herself as "barely existing".
Even though she was a complete stranger, 33-year-old Wesley Joyce, who spent time in jail for assault, donated his kidney in order to "make a new start".
He was one of 10 people to come forward, but the only one who was a tissue and blood match.
"This was the perfect opportunity for me to give something back, as long as I matched," Mr Joyce told Sky News.
"It wasn't good enough that I said I'd do it, I needed to actually do this.
"I said to Sally's daughter that I thank her mum for giving me the opportunity to do this."
Ms Grainger said her donor had become a close friend after giving her a future and the opportunity to see her two daughters grow up.
"I put an appeal out because I wanted to be able to spend as much time as possible with my girls while I'm healthy, and live longer than six years, hopefully," she said.
"I felt sick, overjoyed, overwhelmed - I can't pick out one word that describes my gratitude and thanks for what he's done for me. It's just amazing."
The kidney transplant took place on Friday at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.
The operation appears to have been a success and both patients are now trying to encourage more people to sign up to the organ donor register.
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