Happy little Martin is buzzing after his life-saving heart operation

A BUSY, smiling boy in Brierfield, Moylough, who is looking forward to his second birthday is unaware of how he underwent a life-saving heart operation in the first week of his life.
Energetic Martin Fleming loves keeping an eye on his younger 10-month-old sister Emma but it wasn’t that long ago when he was under the careful watch of the medical team at Crumlin Children’s Hospital in Dublin.
The day after Martin was born his mother Brenda noticed that he wasn’t feeding and was sleeping a lot. She immediately alerted a nurse when Martin began to turn a grey-blue colour. It was a frightening time for the first-time mum who within an hour was with her husband following an ambulance carrying her newborn son to hospital in Dublin.

Brenda and her husband Michael are so grateful for the support and care they received in Crumlin and in the Ronald McDonald house, they want to help give something back.
This is the main reason behind a 12-hour Spin-A-thon she is organising in Core Fitness in the Claregalway Hotel on Saturday, April 23. Anyone interested in getting involved in the fundraising event can contact 091-738220.