Boston "guardian angel" to fund little Alisha's life-saving cancer treatment

“What can we say. There are no words. She is a guardian angel for our little Alisha. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.”

That was the reaction of John and Michelle Savage after an American benefactor stepped in to fund life-saving cancer treatment for Alisha. The couple, from Glanmire in Co Cork, described Eileen Tye as their “guardian angel” after she and her foundation agreed to cover all the medical bills associated with Alisha’s treatment in a Boston medical centre.

John’s mother, Muiread, said: “We are over the moon. We were all praying for a miracle. We were all scratching our heads wondering where we were going to the get the money, and then this woman and her foundation came forward — she’s an angel.