Ralph settles in well at his new school ahead of a kidney transplant at GOSH

The Give to GOSH campaign has closely followed Ralph's progress on Great Ormond Street Hospital’s Eagle Ward

Ralph Frost is due to have a new kidney at Great Ormond Street in the next few months (Lucy Young)

For Ralph Frost, this year has already been busy, with a new home, starting a new school and a new brother or sister on the way. And this spring, it will get busier still as he is due to have a kidney transplant.

The Give to GOSH campaign has closely followed his progress on Great Ormond Street Hospital’s Eagle Ward as his parents were taught to give him dialysis at home and his father, Nick, prepared to donate a kidney to his son.

Earlier in the appeal, we followed Ralph, who suffers from nephrotic syndrome, as his kidneys were removed at GOSH. Daily dialysis from his parents keeps him alive while he waits for his father’s kidney to be transplanted. His doctors hope to transplant the organ, which Ralph has named Chase, around May.

The Frost family moved house last month and are now settling in to their new home in Colchester. Ralph’s mother, Amie, said: “He loves his new school. There’s another boy in his class who is a patient at GOSH so they’re used to having someone poorly there, which is really nice. The school office said it’s like Ralph has been there years, so it’s fair to say he has settled in well.”

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