A helping hand: A Tipperary family’s story of what the LauraLynn Children’s Hospice has meant to them
Seven years ago, Margaret and Michael Butler from Tipperary were eagerly expecting twin boys. However, just as Margaret (Mags) reached 28 weeks, in other words, just as she was moving into the 3rd trimester of her pregnancy, she suddenly found herself being rushed to hospital and prepared for an emergency C-section. The doctors were doing […]
7 years ago
The help of LauraLynn was an ‘overwhelming’ relief to mum of sick child
Molly Jones defied the odds and celebrates her 8th birthday tomorrow. Having a sick child is every parent’s worst nightmare. Winter 2010 had “all the makings of a fairytale Christmas” for Mairéad Jones and her husband Barry who were expecting the birth of their little girl. This elation quickly transcended into absolute tragedy as baby […]
8 years ago
Meet the man who only fosters terminally ill children
They are the sickest of the sick, caught up in the LA foster care system. All of the children Mohamed Bzeek take in will die. He has buried 10 children – many of them died in his arms. This devout Libyan-born Muslim says he just wants them to know they are not alone in this life. There […]
10 years ago