'Case of sit, wait hope and pray Nickey will get transplant' 

Nicola Higgins from Athy, Co Kildare, with baby Nickey, nine months, who is awaiting a double lung transplant. Picture: Moya Nolan

Nicola Higgins and her family are living in limbo as they anxiously await a double-lung transplant for baby Nickey.

The Cork woman gave birth to her seventh child last May but it wasn't until two months ago she was able to bring her now 10-month-old home.