Toddler to get medical help in US

A LIMERICK toddler with a rare, life-threatening disease, is heading to the US for treatment which could change his life.

Adam O’Shaughnessy, two, of Meagher Close, Prospect, has been diagnosed with Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP) — a rare bone condition.

There are only 400 known FOP sufferers in the world.