Bumbleance: Keeping the buzz going for seriously ill kids

A file photo of Noah Quish, Limerick who had open heart surgery in March, photographed at home this week with dad John Joe, Leah(5) and mum Una. Photograph Liam Burke

TO see Noah Quish running around the backyard of his Co Limerick home you’d think there was nothing wrong with him, says his mum, Una.

Yet three-year-old Noah has a range of serious conditions: rare chromosome deletion, scoliosis, heart condition and Chiari brain malformation. At five months, suffering from severe laryngomalacia (causing airway blockage), he had surgery to shave away part of his larynx. He may yet have to undergo serious brain and spinal surgery.