Toddler’s organs ‘must be donated’, says mum
THE mother of a young girl who died following a road traffic collision in Co. Clare last week has said she wants to donate her daughter’s organs to help another family
Estlin Wall, who was the niece of musician Steve Wall, would have celebrated her fourth birthday this week. She was critically injured in the two-car crash on the N85 Ennis to Ennistymon road at Ballyea South last Wednesday. She died on Saturday night
Posting on Facebook, her mother Amy said: I have made it very clear that if possible, her organs will and must be donated to ease the pain of another family.’
The youngster was initially flown by helicopter to University Hospital Limerick before being transferred to a specialist unit at Temple Street Children’s University Hospital in Dublin.
Estlin had been travelling from Ennistymon to a creche in Inagh with her father Vincent when the collision occurred. Vincent is a younger brother of Steve Wall.
Vincent was also seriously injured and after being transported to hospital in Limerick by ambulance, he was transferred to a Dublin hospital where he remains unconscious after suffering a serious brain injury.
Three ambulances and a rapid response advanced paramedic unit responded to the collision along with two units of the local authority fire service from Ennistymon.
A local doctor who came upon the scene stopped to help the injured while it’s understood that a nurse, who was passing at the time, also helped with treating those hurt. After arriving at the scene, paramedics assessed the casualties and requested support from the Emergency Aeromedical Service (EAS) air ambulance.
It’s understood that Estlin was in cardiac arrest when medics arrived. They spent almost an hour working to resuscitate the youngster before she was pronounced well enough to be flown to hospital.
Posting on Facebook, mum Amy, who is nursing her 12-week-old baby Mannix thanked the staff at Temple Street Hospital (where Estlin died) who she said were ‘beyond amazing’. A fundraising page, the Vinnie and Amy Fund has been set up and had reached more than €33,000 of its €40,000 goal by last night.
Dad, Vincent is still unconscious