A loving wife who saved her husband's life by
giving him one of her kidneys now wants it back after he dumped her.
Andy Lamb was dying of renal kidney failure and was
only being kept alive by weekly sessions of
dialysis until his wife Samantha persuaded him to take one hers.
dialysis until his wife Samantha persuaded him to take one hers.
The 41-year-old mother-of-one told the Sunday People: 'He
needed a new kidney or he would die.
'He was on dialysis three times a week. I told Andy
he should go through with it. He had children from an earlier relationship and
he wanted to be there for them.'
The couple met when they were both drivers for a
private ambulance firm.
They started going out in 2004 but split and
Samantha, who had been living in London, moved back to Ivybridge, in Devon.
The couple eventually got back together and married
in 2007.
They were filmed for a BBC documentary but Mrs
Lamb, who is now waiting for her husband to sign divorce papers, says as soon
as she went through with the operation she regretted it.
Samantha believes he was having an affair with her
friend Clare who she confronted and which Andy denies.
The
couple tried to save their marriage for the sake of Samantha's daughter Beatrice
from an earlier
relationship.
relationship.
Samantha gave her husband one more chance but
claims she later discovered he was having sex chats online with women.
Happier times: Samantha Lamb and her husband Andy
photographed in 2009 before the operation
Andy finally left his wife in August 2012.
While she was working a night shift at Tesco he
moved his stuff out of their home including the TV and stereo before posting
the keys through the letter box without a note or letter, she claims.
Samantha said: 'I would definitely go through the
operation again - but I wouldn't give the kidney to
him.
him.
New life: Samantha Lamb pictured with her daughter
Beatrice in May 2011
'I hate him. If I could I'd take it back and give
it to someone else.'
Andy still denies having an affair with Samantha's
friend but admits walking out on her.
He said: 'I never wanted her to donate her kidney
because it was a big risk. But she insisted and I'll
always owe her my life'.
always owe her my life'.
At the time of the operation Andy said: 'Sam's
doing all this for me and I'll never get over that. She is just amazing and
fantastic.
'I could never put into words how I feel about
this. If this happens she will have given me the gift of life.'
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