I’m Sharon and this is my daughter Kate and we come from Cork. Kate came into our life back in 2012. She has one brother and two sisters. She’s had a long road in those years….
Thompson family-LauraLynn
We’re Carla and Kris Thompson. We’re from Mullingar, Co Westmeath and Lucy Thompson is our daughter. Lucy is our eldest girl of two….
Amy McSweeney
Hi, my name is Amy McSweeney and I’m from Middleton County Cork. Our daughter Emily is 11 years old….
Kayleigh and Nikita O’Connor
My name is Kayleigh, and I have a four year old girl called Nikki, and she has acute lymphoblastic leukemia. ….
Sylvie's Story
On October 10th, 2013, my husband and I suffered a devastating blow:
Our beautiful 8-month-old baby girl, Sylvie, was diagnosed with a brain tumour….
Sean's Story
In 2001 in Limerick, a remarkable little baby, Sean Holland, announced himself proudly to the world…..
Holly's Story
Holly is our middle child with an older brother Andrew, and a younger sister Delphi…..
Caoimhe’s Story
Siobhan and Martin Murphy heard the phrase used along with the words ‘Jouberts Syndrome’. They were receiving news of their infant daughter Caoimhe’s diagnosis….
Michael's Story
Michael is Mary’s first born child and she was looking forward to his birth. All scans were perfect and she had a trouble free pregnancy. As Michael was breach position a caesarean section was booked, but otherwise all was well and on 07.02.94 Michael was born and ‘everything was fine’….
Sam & Isabella Villena
Hi, I’m Sam and this is my daughter Isabella. She’s nine. Isabella was born with a rare neurological condition called Aicardi Syndrome and she was diagnosed at four days old. So when we got Isabella’s diagnosis, it was like our world was turned upside down…..
The Creegan family’s story
When Katie got out of hospital, she had a central line in so we had a visit from the community nurse, quite regular. And she knew, the community nurse knew that we were … not struggling … we were glad to have Katie home….
Claire Gray – Matilda’s mummy
Basically Matilda was palliative care from she was five days old. It was 10 to 5 in the afternoon on a Thursday and the consultant said, ‘your little girl has a very serious condition, it’s called Edwards Syndrome, Trisomy 18’….
Olive Tumulty's Story
My daughter Katie was born in 2010 at 31 weeks so she was premature. She was in hospital for the first six months of her life. After a lot of tests, we got a diagnosis of mitochondrial disease which we had never heard about before and we were told that it was a life-limiting condition….
Chris Herdman and daughter Aideen's Story
I’m just on my way down to pick Aideen up from the Special Care Unit which she attends Monday to Friday from 9 till about half 2. And Aideen’s Special Care Unit, this week are having their fun week so I decided to dress up as Captain American to try and fit in with them all down there……
Caroline Gorrigan
Hi I’m Caroline, I work in LauraLynn on the community team. So Lauralynn was founded by the McKenna family and they had two young girls who very sadly passed away within a short space of time….
Victoria's Story
In early 2012, Brian and Sharon Thompson were told their only and beautiful daughter, Victoria, was going to die. But as well as coping with that, they also began to realise they would have to fight to secure the best end-of-life care for her….
Emma's Story
“Emma’s going off to the moon”. This was the ingenious way three and a half year-old Billy Heffernan found words to explain his infant sister’s passing. His dad Fergie had just broken it to him that Emma was ‘going’. So now every night Billy waves at the moon and tells Emma he loves her…..
Muireann's Story
A place I consider beautiful may seem strange but to me it is the most beautiful place in the world. It is the place where my sister sleeps in a covered wooden bed with her favourite toys and a picture of my family, her blanket, earth and her precious flowers. It is her grave…..
Hayden McLafferty
My name is Hayden, I’m 17 and I live in Clondalkin. When I was a baby I cant remember that much but I had numerous surgeries to see whats goin on with my heart, couldn’t fix it….
LauraLynn and Children's Health Ireland
Martina Crummy provides insight into her work at LauraLynn Children’s Hospice and Children’s Health Ireland
Regent House School - School Bereavement Programme
Watch the video by Regent House School where Megan and Darcy share their experiences of losing a parent and the vital role bereavement support plays in schools.
Email us at info@aiihpc.org if you are interested in sharing your story with us.
