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This heartbreaking story is one more reason to make sure you officially become an organ donor before it’s too late.

With her mother desperately in need of a transplant, Laura Ashworth told family and friends she wanted to donate one of her kidneys.

So when the 21-year-old died after an asthma attack, it seemed that the tragedy would at least give Rachel Leake a chance of a healthy new life.

But because Laura had not begun the formal process of becoming a “living donor,” the authorities refused to let her mother receive her organs. Instead they went to strangers at the top of the waiting list.