Wife, 69, loses five stone so she can give her husband a life-saving kidney as she was too fat to go under the knife

Couple have been married for nearly 50 years

Wife slimmed down from a size 26 to a size 14 so she could donate her kidney

This is what love is all about, Mrs Moule says

A devoted wife shed five stone to give her husband one of her kidneys and save his life.
Pat Moule, 69, slimmed down from 16 stone nine pounds after surgeons told her she was ‘too fat’ to have a transplant operation for David, 72.
The retired couple, who have been married for nearly 50 years, were devastated when doctors told them Mr Moule’s failing kidneys were functioning at just 12 per cent.

When they broke the news a year ago, Mrs Moule couldn’t walk up the stairs without getting out of breath and was told she was too overweight to undergo the vital op.
Determined to help her husband, Pat managed to shed the extra pounds and passed stringent tests marking her out as a compatible donor.

At 11 stone five pounds, she is a shadow of her former self and is counting the days until the transplant surgery - which carries a one-in-3,000 risk of death.
Mrs Moule said: 'David is my best friend as well as my husband and I honestly cannot imagine not having him with me.

 Devoted: Mrs Moule said 'I would not want to be here without him'
'I would not want to be here without him and I know that by losing this weight it will make my life better as well.
'We will be able to do so much more.'together she said.