This little girl's life was saved by a transplant from her new nanny

Talia Roska, 16 months old, was suffering from a rare and life-threatening liver disease when she got a new lease of life – from her nanny.

Kiersten Miles had only been nanny to Talia and her two siblings for three weeks when she decided to donate part of her liver.

She told the Washington Post:

Especially for a baby who can’t really ask for help, it didn’t seem like that much of a sacrifice, because I’d be saving a life.

Miles was hired by George and Farra Rosko to look after their daughter.

But Miles soon started to research Talia’s condition, which is called biliary atresia, where bile ducts inside or outside the liver do not have normal openings.

This means bile becomes trapped and builds up, damaging the liver.

This leads to cirrhosis, which can cause liver failure.

Miles decided to see if she could be a donor match for Talia – who was on waiting list to receive a door – and underwent a series of tests.

The two then had operations to transplant a part of Miles’ liver into Talia.

Farra told the Post her daughter will be able to taper off her medication over the next year, but always will need to stay on medication to stop her body rejection its new liver.

She called Miles an:

angel on earth.

Here's the Post's video:

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