Debbie and David O'Sullivan, parents of Noah, in studio for The Big Breakfast Blaa
Little Noah was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when he was 18 months old. He needs important surgery in the United States in order to ensure he can walk unaided. A fundraising target of €100,000 was set to secure the operation and that has recently been reached. However Noah will need a huge amount of after care, following the surgery which is scheduled for October, so his parents David and Debbie are continuing to fundraise. They dropped into Ollie and me in studio for a chat, and to thank people for their crucial help so far.
For more about Noah's Wish to Walk, you can click here.
Statement from David and Debbie..
Following on from the news that the target for surgery has been reached, David and Debbie issued the following statement:
We, David and Debbie Sullivan, the parents of Noah wish to thank the media and the people of Waterford and beyond for their warm and generous support of the campaign to fund Noah’ wish to walk which has now achieved funds of 100K which allow our brave little son Noah travel to St Louis, USA, in October for life altering surgery to help him walk and fund his three years post operative physiotherapy. Over the past five months people have walked, talked,climbed, knitted, sewed, baked, shaved and sang to raise funds for Noah’s wish to walk. We thank you one and all. There are some events in the pipeline yet to happen over the next couple of weeks and all future funds received will go to secure further very necessary years of physiotherapy and rehab for Noah.
Since the Noah’s wish to walk campaign was launched in January this year the people of Waterford and beyond have wholeheartedly gotten behind us and for that support we will be eternally grateful. Some day soon our son Noah will walk down the streets of Waterford and make us all proud of the opportunity we have collectively afforded him.
David and Debbie's chat with us on The Big Breakfast Blaa
We loved having Noah's parents in to let us know how he's going, and to fill us in on upcoming fundraising events. You can have a listen to that interview in the link below...
https://soundcloud.com/wlrfmwaterford/parents-of-noah-osullivan-thank-waterford-for-helping-them-fundraise
