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Parents vow not to give up on ‘little warrior’ who needs life-saving transplant

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Parents vow not to give up on ‘little warrior’ who needs life-saving transplant

Devoted parents Nicola Higgins and Nickey Flood have vowed not to give up on their “little warrior” who needs a life-saving double lung transplant.

Nickey Jnr, now 14 months, weighed less than a bag of sugar when he was born, and medics warned the odds of survival were stacked against him. The tot was born at 27 weeks by emergency C-section, weighing in at 985 grams, and was put on CPAP after he stopped breathing.




He was intubated due to pulmonary hypertension and stenosis, having been born with a cleft palate, chronic lung disease, and heart disease. But despite doctors advising the family that palliative care may be their only option, Nickey marked his milestone first birthday in May 2024.

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Now the couple are in a race against time to raise money for a double lung transplant at a UK hospital to give their precious boy a fighting chance. They have launched a GoFundMe page to raise vital funds for the operation.

Dad Nickey Snr, 40, told the Irish Mirror: “Nickey is stable at present. He has regular echoes and appointments to keep an eye. But this can change in the blink of an eye and he can go into cardiac arrest without notice, which has happened.”

Nickey spent the first eight months of his life in hospital and Nickey Snr told how they “nearly lost him” several times.

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