Tilara, 6, needs funds for ‘miracle’ US surgery

Tilara Costa Holmes is a six-year-old in search of a ‘miracle’. But to give her a shot at the miraculous, considerable funds must be raised.

Diagnosed at 12 months with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy, Tilara is confined to a wheelchair. She has ongoing, chronic pain and regular spasms, and her movement is severely restricted. Tilara cannot take part in many of the daily activities of living, such as walking and sitting.

In spite of the challenges, her mother says she remains an upbeat, happy little girl, and she attends mainstream school, in St John the Baptist’s, Midleton, Co Cork.