Birthday card appeal for 'battler' Cork boy Daniel

A mother who didn't think her son would reach his 10th birthday after he contracted a rare virus which destroyed his lungs is appealing to the public to send him cards ahead of the major milestone on June 24th.

Daniel O'Sullivan, from Hollyhill on the northside of Cork city, contracted Adenovirus 14 as an infant and is awaiting a double lung transplant. AD 14 can cause severe respiratory infection, which can sometimes be fatal, even in healthy young adults. It is a virulent form of the cold virus.