House Adaptation & Medical Expenses for my Mam

Hi everyone, some of you may or may not know about my mam Mary T Walsh Sexton who is in her forties a mother to Ciaran, Darragh and I, Aishling, Wife, Daughter and Sister. Originally from Kilmallock, Co. Limerick, she is married to my dad, Ger Sexton in the lovely parish of Rockhill\Bruree. Our lovely mother who even after having all her vaccines and cocooning at home, on top of her own prior illness that she had already, she ended up getting Covid 19. Soon after halloween in 2021, she ended up in University Hospital Limerick, where she was put into an induced coma and also put on a ventilator for several months as her lungs went into lung failure. On top of all this, she had double pneumonia and a blood clot on the lungs. She was in such a critical condition we did not know what was going to happen or if she was going to make it. We were called into the ICU ward at least 3 times to say goodbye to her, which was very hard to be told by doctors that she would not survive.

Despite the severity of her condition, she had shocked absolutely everyone (including the doctors) with the phenomenal progress she had made, she still had a long road ahead of her to get home. After 5 months in Limerick Regional Hospital at the end of March/April 2022 she was moved onto rehabilitation at St Camillus Hospital Limerick. Here she had to re-learn all her motor skills e.g. walk, talk, sit up etc. But with the care and support from all the staff in both hospitals and Mam's stubbornness, she made it home at the end of June 2022.

She has been home for nearly a year now. At the end of last year, she was told that she has Pulmonary fibrosis which is a shock to us all, after going through so much and surviving, to now be faced with this life-limiting disease and with lifelong use of oxygen 24/7 and a very poor lung function in both lungs. There is no cure, or treatment other than a double lung transplant for Mam in Dublin. We don't know if she will be lucky enough to get a lung transplant as there is a long process involved before she gets to that point, but we are praying and hoping she will. 

I know many people have been asking how they could help us. Well, this is how.

We would really appreciate it if you could spare as little or as much as you can donate. I would like to raise as much money, to help with some of our family’s financial worries, to help with modifications and Mam's medical expenses so we can concentrate on getting through this nightmare. Thank you in advance for all your donations, we really appreciate it. xxx