A MOTHER who had the chance to spend more time with her late son thanks to a transplant is advocating the opt-out organ donation system.

Rhian Bailey, aged 27, of Sannan Street, Aberbargoed, lost her son Logan Donegan in 2010 when he was two-years- old from post-transplant lymphoma after catching a virus.

Logan was born with gastroschisis – where the bowel is on the outside of the body – and waited nine months for a small bowel transplant from a three-year-old girl.

He is believed to be the first Welsh baby to have the operation.

Yesterday, Ms Bailey and her mother Debra Donegan, aged 52, spent the morning at Asda in Pill as part of the organ donation roadshow where they were encouraging others to think about organ donation.

Ms Bailey said: "Donating organs saves lives including children. I still believe that even though Logan passed away.

"The transplant gave us hope. If he hadn't caught the virus there is hope that he would still be here now."

She added:"We received a letter from the father of the little girl whose bowel was donated to Logan. He donated his wife's organs as well.

"It's mixed feelings when we heard Logan was going to get a transplant as you’re happy for your child but sad that someone else's has died."

Logan was put on the transport list at nine-months-old and received his transplant at Birmingham Children's Hospital at 18-months-old. He was able to stand up 11 hours after his operation but later caught a virus.

The family were told that Logan had cancer is his brain in late 2009 and after an MRI scan in January 2010 they were told that there was no hope.

He died at his home two weeks later on February 5, 2010.

Ms Bailey said: "It broke my heart when he died. I had gone from being with him for 24 hours a day seven days a week to nothing."

Ms Bailey has a 17-month-old daughter Summer-Rose who she has told all about her older brother.

The 'It's Time to Chose' public information roadshow will visit 21 supermarkets across Wales this week to raise awareness of the change in law which will introduce the opt-out system which comes into force on December 1.

This means anyone who hasn’t opted out will be deemed as giving their consent for organ donation.

Roadshows will take place today at Tesco Extra in Pontypool from 9am to 12pm, Asda Blackwood on August 12 from 9am to 12pm, Morrisons in Ebbw Vale, August 12 from 2pm to 5pm and Waitrose, Monmouth, on August 14, from 2pm to 5pm.