Family keeps calm despite Mia’s Cystic Fybrosis diagnosis

When Lorraine O’Neill’s daughter Mia was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis at five months old, neither she nor her partner, Terry Fay, panicked.

“It came gradually upon us and it wasn’t hectic, although Mia was put on enzyme supplements straight away,” says Lorraine, whose daughter is now age 6 and enjoys an active life at home and with her friends at Killygarry National School in Co Cavan.

According to Lorraine, “calm parents mean calm children”, but that doesn’t mean a child with the condition, which damages many organs including the lungs, pancreas, and the digestive tract, has to remain inactive.