Brave double lung transplant boy Arron O'Leary returns home to Cork

His new Xbox and Brennan’s bread topped the priority list of double-lung transplant patient Arron O’Leary on his first day home following five weeks of treatment in England.

As dad Paul and mum Caroline, spent a couple of hours sorting through two months of medication for their miracle 11-year-old at home in Ballinhassig Co, Cork, Arron made up for lost time, familiarising himself with the Xbox he’d been deprived of during his stay at Freeman’s Hospital in Newcastle.

“He’s a different child altogether. People who saw him since we came home but who hadn’t seen him over the last five weeks couldn’t believe the difference. Even we could see him transforming under our eyes since the operation took place,” Paul said.