Meet our Crumlin Heroes
Jennifer Kehoe
In November 2009, our unborn baby, Louise was diagnosed with Dandy-Walker brain malformation and Tricuspid Atresia heart defect. (She has recently been diagnosed with PHACE Syndrome) We were given a guarded prognosis and looking online it seemed that DW was a very grim diagnosis. I began a blog to keep our family and friends informed and to just mark Louise's life, whether it would be long or short. Well Louise will be two in March this year and has surpassed all our expectations. She had a PA band operation when she was two weeks old, Glenn Operation at six months, a hand operation ...
Aoibheann Donnelly
I never thought i would be here writing another one of these stories- you may have read about my wonderful daughter Aoibheann and howshe got over her first operation. Little did we now that a mere 9 months later we would be preparing for it all over again-only this time it wasnt planned. At Aoibheann's 6 week post op appointment with the cardioloigist, everything was great. they could not of been happier with her-the operation was a huge success. We were told to come back in 3 months to have it checked again. This time there was a slight change in the function of her heart but at the ...
Adelina Corigliano
my name is adelina and when i was 6 and half i had to have a lump removed in my head then the doctor told my mam and dad that i had cancer and i had to go to a hosiptal in dublin for children called crumlin i was feeling a little funny when the doc told me that i had to have treatment called chemo and i would lose my hair it was long spins to dublin from cork but my parents said it had to be done if i was to get better so then i didn’t mind after 3 sessions i started to feel sick and could not eat anything it was awful really even my legs could not move so i had to use a wheelchair for ...
Isabel Lalor
Our Crumlin Story My daughter isabel was born on the 4th april 2008 in St.Lukes Hospital Co.Kilkenny She looked like a perfect healthy little girl and we were very happy. On the day we were due to head home, a paediatrition came to do the usual checks and tests. When listening to Isabels heart she seemed to look abit concerned and then told me she just wanted to go get a second opinion, i started to fret as i was there alone waiting for my partner to come collect us, i rang him in a panic to hurry up. a second doctor listened to her heart and then she was taken for some tests and we ...
Dr.Orla Franklin: Paediatric Cardiologist
A day in the life of Dr. Orla Franklin Most days we’re up by 6am. I have a daughter aged six and a boy who is two, so we have a busy morning. As a working mum this may be the only part of the day that I get to spend with them, particularly if I’m on call and I end up working late, so I try to make the morning as fun as possible. “Today I started my morning at 7.30am — a meeting with our CEO and members of the extended cardiac and intensive care team. “Later I did a ward round in the intensive care unit, mainly on recently operated patients, the majority ...
Stephen Butler
For the last 13 years Stephen has been in and out of Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital and has become intimately familiar with Crumlin and its staff. “I have been to almost every ward here in the hospital” says Stephen “but Our Lady’s ward is my favourite. The staff here have become my friends.” And Stephen is not someone who forgets his friends. Over the last 3 years Stephen has given what he can to ensure that his friends on the ward have what they need. Ever since his beloved Dad passed away in St Vincent’s Hospital, Stephen has been inspired ...
Ellen Moorhead
Ellie Moorhead was admitted to PICU I, Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin on January 2nd 2009 having transferred from the National Children’s Hospital Tallaght where she had been admitted for observation on January 1st. Ellie had contracted Invasive Group A Streptococcus (IGAS) and it had caused Streptococcus Toxic Shock and multi organ failure. When Ellie arrived in Crumlin she was already critically ill, intubated, in a coma and on full life support. She stayed in room 5 opposite the nurse’s station for just over two weeks and remained in the coma for all ...
Nicole McCabe
She'll probably have to spend Christmas in hospital but 14-year old Nicole McCabe, a cancer patient in St John's Ward, is keeping her spirits up - and reassuring her wonderful parents too. nicole is a wonder girl. But you get the impression when you meet them at her parents Debbie and Sean are somewhatsuper-human too. A number of months back Nicole had pins and needles in her legs. She explains. "I got up to stand and fell back down on the bed. I didn't know what it was." Days later they were waiting for confirmation of the cancer diagnosis they knew was coming. ...
The Woodward Family
Zoe’s story on behalf of her daughters, Emily and Lana. “It’s clear now that the words life-threatening still haunt me.” Our children, Emily and Lana, will never know what it’s like to live without a terminal illness. Cystic Fibrosis will never define them as people but it will steer decisions and steps they make. They are born with a life sentence. One of the ways to lift or ease this sentence is through support for vital research in order to discover new ways of alleviating symptoms or curing Cystic Fibrosis. You can play a vital part ...
Ailish Hurley
Hi, my name is Ailish Hurley. On the 6th of July last year, myself and my partner's life changed for ever! Our darling daughter was diagnosed with a major heart defect. The easy description of her condition was she had 5 major holes in her heart. It was like our whole world had fallen apart, our darling little girl was now seriously ill. Within hours of her diagnosis, we were transferred to Crumlin. For days we didn't know whether we were coming or going. But the help we got in Crumlin was out of this world. It in an amazing place. Aoibheann was kept in hospital for a few days before ...
The Children's Medical & Research Foundation, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; 14-18 Drimnagh Road, Dublin 12.
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