Erin was doing well until becoming ill in February

A County Armagh girl is back on an organ transplant list after her body rejected her new liver.

Erin Nicks, who will be three in November, underwent an eleventh-hour liver transplant at a Birmingham hospital two years ago.

She is now being cared for at the same hospital while her family waits for a suitable organ to become available.

Doctors said if Erin survived for a year rejection would be highly unlikely but in February she became unwell.

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Erin and her family, who are from Whitecross, flew back to Birmingham last week and she was put back on the list to await a transplant.

She will now stay in hospital until a suitable liver can be found.

Erin's father Nick said: "We are in the same situation we were in two years ago where we're hoping somebody in their grief would be generous enough to donate their organs, either a child's or an adult's organs."

Erin was healthy when she was born but, after about six weeks, blood tests picked up a problem with her liver.

Shortly before her first transplant, Erin's condition was so serious that at one point she stopped breathing.

This article was originally published on BBC News.

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