Tag: transplant journey
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Esther McCarthy 2025 Highlights: Cork Carry On After Sober October
From Sober October to Cork Carry On: A Year of Highlights and Lowlights Esther McCarthy has long written about everyday resilience, but 2025 felt like a real-life meditation on endurance, gratitude, and community. This year brought a mix of personal milestones and quieter moments that remind us how a year can hinge on small victories…
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The Year I Gave My Daughter a New Liver
When the News Arrived In October 2023, my daughter Ruby changed from a bright-eyed baby into the center of a medical maelstrom. What began as routine newborn check-ups gradually revealed a harsh truth: Ruby’s liver was failing in ways that no parent dreams of facing. The early days were a blur of appointments, blood tests,…