text: 'My dad would do anything for anyone, he gave me his kidney': Daughter 'inspired' by London Marathon hero dad - MyLondon
  Emily's dad is running the London Marathon to mark 21 years since his kidney donation
  Updated 07:44, 3 OCT 2021
  Richard and his daughter Emily, who is now a nurse at Great Ormond Street Hospital, dealt with her own health problems herself as a child (Image: Emily Hart)
  When asked what she thought of her dad donating his kidney to her, Emily Hart, 28, said it was "classic my dad".
  When she was seven, Emily needed a kidney transplant. After tests confirmed he would be a good match, her dad Richard didn't hesitate to donate his own organ to save his daughter's life.
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  Emily, now 28 and a paediatric nurse at Great Ormond Street Hospital, said: "Dad is the most generous, caring person in the whole world. He would do anything for anyone – it's just in his nature.
  "He said he would donate his kidney to me again if he could."
  Emily is now preparing to have another kidney transplant, hopefully later this year. (Image: Emily hart)
  To mark the anniversary of the kidney transplant, Richard, 55, is running the London Marathon today (Sunday, October 3) for the hospital that saved his daughter's life.
  From a Prosecco brunch to bake sales, sponsored trampoline bouncing to the Royal Parks Half-Marathon, Bedford-based Richard has already smashed his fundraising target and is now raising £20,000 for Guy's and St Thomas' Charity.