'This is my way of saying thank you for saving our baby's life'

Lauren McCarthy's dad is helping fund a glass-walled garden room at CUMH where other parents and their sick babies can enjoy a little respite and see the sky, he tells EOIN ENGLISH

Lauren McCarthy is now safe and well at home with her best pal and big sister, four-year-old Zara. Born nine weeks premature after an emergency C-section, Lauren spent six weeks in CUMH neonatal intensive care unit.

A devoted dad is set to put in a marathon effort to help fund a very special project at the hospital that he credits with saving the life of his premature daughter.

CJ McCarthy said the demands of running a marathon are nothing compared to the physical and emotional strain that he — and especially his wife, Aoife — endured for six weeks after the birth of their daughter, Lauren.