'It was touch and go': Blood Bike South ride to the rescue for Cork mother and daughter

Freya's daughter Arabella was born with a rare heart defect resulting in her needing open heart surgery. The newborn was taken from Cork to a hospital in Dublin which was where Blood Bike South transported vital breast milk as she awaited the operation

Freya and Arabella O'Sullivan on one of the motorcycles from Blood Bikes South who delivered Freya'a breast milk to a hospital in Dublin to help Arabella prepare for heart surgery while she was still just an infant. Picture: David Creedon

A toddler has been reunited with the bikers who played a role in saving her life by transporting vital breast milk from Cork to Dublin as she was waiting to undergo major heart surgery.

More than two years after the successful operation, mum Freya O’Sullivan says she will be eternally thankful to the volunteers of Blood Bike South who transport everything from urine samples to spinal fluids for hospitals throughout the country.