DIANE Wincott will go under the knife later this month in a bid to give her precious daughter and grandchildren their lives back.

Mrs Wincott, 47, is donating one of her kidneys to her 21-year-old daughter Jasmine Parker.

Miss Parker suffered renal failure for a second time six months ago, after a fraught pregnancy that saw her daughter Lexi born 13 weeks prematurely and weighing just two pounds and six ounces.

Miss Parker, from Fairway, Banbury, discovered her kidneys were failing five years ago, during a routine pregnancy scan for her son Leo.

She underwent a kidney transplant just weeks before her 18th birthday and enjoyed seven months of a “new lease of life.” But complications followed, the kidney showed signs of being rejected and then she found out she was pregnant again.

Despite being told the pregnancy was risky, she decided to proceed and just weeks after her daughter’s premature birth she was back in hospital. She is now travelling to Oxford’s Churchill Hospital, three days a week, for four-hour sessions of kidney dialysis.

She said: “It has been awful, especially when Lexi was born so early and was so little, then I had to leave her and go straight back into hospital.

“My partner (and Lexi’s dad) Adam Kay has been looking after the children while I have been back and forth to hospital, but my life is a endless stream of dialysis and I am so tired all the time, so when my mum said she wanted to give me one of her kidneys, I was over the moon.”

She added: “It’s a huge thing to do for someone, but my mum really is amazing and we are all really excited about the transplant.”

Mrs Wincott, who works at Matalan in Banbury, added: “I wanted to give Jasmine one of my kidneys three years ago, when she first suffered renal failure, but a (deceased) donor came through and I didn’t need to.

“When she became ill again, I didn’t hesitate in offering again. And when the test results came back saying it could go ahead, we were all thrilled. All I want is to see her and her family able to lead a proper life again, all together.

“I am not remotely nervous about it. In fact, I’m just pleased I can do this for her and my grandchildren. It’s what any mum would do.”

The pair will go into Oxford’s Churchill Hospital next week for the transplant. Mrs Wincott, from Bretch Hill, Banbury, will stay in for three to four days, while Miss Parker will probably be in for up to 10 days.

Mrs Wincott: “The doctors told us that because I am a blood relative and a living donor, the kidney should last a long time.

“So, soon Jasmine will be able to get on with living her life, Leo and Lexi will have their mum back and we will all be able put all this behind us.”