Hopes surgery for brave Noah won’t be cancelled again
Heart condition 7-year-old has ‘massive curve’ on spine
BRAVE young seven-year-old Noah Quish undergoes another operation next week – but he faces many more over the next six years, his mother revealed.
Noah has been battling an array of serious illnesses his whole life with the support of mum Una and dad John since he was born in March 2017.
He was diagnosed with a heart condition, severe obstructive Laryngomalacia, scoliosis, chiari malformation of the brain, severe sleep apnoea, a chromosome deletion, and meningitis.
Devoted mum-of-two Una yesterday told the Irish Mirror the family hopes his latest surgery next Monday will not be cancelled.
She said: “Noah is vomiting if he gets excited about something and his knees are hurting and his back is sore.
“He’s still in good form, but he is definitely more tired than he was. He loves school, but he doesn’t really want to go in these days.
“It’s time for the surgery now. Things have got harder for him, especially after the last brain surgery. He had six brain operations between July and December because of complications after the first surgery.
“It’s all got a little bit too much for him. We’re hoping now that the next one will give him a new lease of life.”
Noah underwent the six brain ops after he contracted meningitis when a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt inserted in his head to drain fluid from his brain became infected.
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His ribcage is now squeezing his lungs because of a “massive curve” growing on his spine, a problem diagnosed five years ago.
Una last month revealed Noah has had surgery cancelled three times this year already.
She said yesterday: “We are hoping that the appointment goes ahead and that all goes to plan.
“We go up on Sunday for surgery on Monday. We’ll see, but it should be okay. We had a meeting and we’re hoping it will happen.”
Noah captured the hearts of the country when he was made an honorary garda in 2019 as a special guest at graduations in Garda headquarters, thanks to Little Blue Heroes Foundation, a Garda Siochana-run charity that helps seriously ill children.
Una said: “The surgery on Monday will have to be repeated every six months.
“It’s going to be a busy few years because every six months they have to do updates. That is until his back is ready when he is 13 or 14. They will then schedule a big surgery to fuse the spine. That should be the end of it. When the spine stops growing, they can fuse the spine.”
This surgery on Monday will have to be repeated every six months
MUM UNA YESTERDAY