THE heartbroken parents of five-year-old Saoirse Heffernan, who recently travelled to the US to undergo treatment for Batten’s Disease, have been told their little girl is “starting to grow her angel wings”.

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD Kerry girl, who is battling the usually fatal Battens Disease, is being treated in Kerry General Hospital, Tralee after a number of difficult weeks in Temple Street Children’s Hospital, Dublin.

A FOUR-YEAR-OLD Kerry girl suffering from a rare disease yesterday flew to New York for specialist medical tests that could save her life.

A LITTLE girl with a rare and life-threatening neurological condition has been invited to take part in groundbreaking medical trials in New York.