Brave Abie fighting back after operation

FIVE-MONTH-OLD Abie Lawlor was clamouring for her bottle yesterday morning, just two-and-a-half hours after a life-saving operation in Temple Street to help her breathe.

The Tipperary baby has been fighting for her life since she was born on March 3 in Waterford Regional Hospital with a rare disorder known as chronic sleep apnoea. The brain defect stops her from breathing on her own at night.

Abie had to wait more than eight weeks for the surgery, which took just over half-an-hour.