GRAN Sue Dawson wanted to do something special when she turned 60.

Her friends and family told her she was mad when she revealed she intended to donate a kidney.

But Sue insisted she was privileged to be able to help give someone the chance of a normal life.

Two years after signing up as a donor, her healthy keft kidney was removed in a four hour operation.

It was whisked to another hospital, where an operation for an anonymous recipient was a success.

Sue, 62, of Brinkley Crescent, Colchester, said: "Whoever it is, it is going to make their Christmas.

"They can have a life."