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SEEING SAM KINAHAN and his sister Ali play in the garden together, they both seem perfectly happy and healthy – Sam has a new scooter, and Ali is giving him tips on how to use it.
But after a few minutes running around, Sam vomits, and his father Ivan comes running over to clean him up. Sam quickly gets back on his feet.
This is normal for him, as is being limited to a tiny amount of fluid a day, can’t be fed orally, and spends most nights of the week hooked up to a dialysis machine for 11 hours. The almost three-year-old boy from Baldoyle in Fingal was born with a severe bladder defect. He’s now in end-stage renal failure, and urgently requires a transplant.
His mother Chloe told TheJournal.ie that he still needs to grow another few centimetres before they can begin the process of having him assessed for a transplant – which will include seeing if any family members are a suitable donor – as doctors need to make sure his body can accommodate the organ.
After that, they will also need to assess whether or not his bladder also needs further attention. She used an analogy to explain:
They’re not going to put in a brand new boiler into a house that has dodgy pipes and dodgy radiators.
Sam remains a cheerful toddler, and his parents say that while he doesn’t know any different to the life he’s currently living, a transplant will make a massive impact.
Watch the video above for our full report.
We spoke to Sam and his family as part of Organ Donor Awareness Week. More detail of how to become an organ donor are available from IKA.ie
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That’s a latte good info and I’m happy to know I no longer have grounds for concern… I’m a farmer and I’ve bean unsure if drinking too much coffee is good or not but i find coffee relaxing and i can really espresso myself after a few mugs… Now I must go and check on my herd, especially decafs.
Excellent.
Love the wit!
Next week coffee will be bad for you. Scientist keeping them selves in work and journalists filling pages.
As a diabetic i can vouch for this – I only started drinking coffee approx 2 years ago and it does keep my T2 diabetes in check. Only since I read the article on sky news during the week is when it clicked with me. Any diabetics out there should try it from themselves.
And by scientists we of course mean the corporate PR department of Starbucks ;)
It has to be coffee and chocolate for breakfast then. Excellent.
This article is as useless as the study it refers to. It finishes off by pointing out how misleading the data is. It should have had the word “might” in the title.
How many sugars can I have in my coffee?
Ffs will ye ever stop publishing this kind of shite. You’re gone as bad as the daily mail with your health ‘scare stories’. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was lifted from their website. Gutter journalism!
Steve proves my point?
Science sucks,no consistency,how many people are actually
going to change their cup of tea to coffee.Next year tea will
be better for us.
Science sucks….. Ffs man, did you actually think about that sentence?! Science has created everything you see around you!!!!
drinking alot of coffee is a big cause of anxiety and sleepness nights dont drink it have a glass of water and an apple
One of the Authors of this report was sponsored by Nestec “A Coffee Vending Company” but that wouldn’t change the outcome of the report would it ????
Irritability and headaches are also the result of caffeine intake or is it too early on a Saturday morning?
I get irritated by shite stories on this website. I can’t help it.
Steve, LivingSocial Deals have an Anxiety Management Workshop deal on, just the thing for a Saturday morning.
I think these articles need to be banned. They weren’t so bad until the rise of Internet media/press.
They offer nothing substantial with concrete proof , they quite often 100% contradict each other, and they mess with our beliefs about eating habits, which in a country where obesity is one of the worst in Europe, is a pretty serious topic.
Ha ha
Take that wife!
I knew I was right:)
Coffee ruins women’s skin and teeth and makes them unattractive
I was thinking of mixing coffee with my insulin.
Nothing like a cup of freshly ground coffe.
Make sure to grind it extra fine before injecting :)
You’ve done this before haven’t you ;)
Next week you will print an article saying coffee is responsible for high blood pressure and is addictive. The antioxidants in coffee when addicted to it make medicines for treatment useless and people are dropping like flies from heart attacks and strokes all over the world. For Jaysus sake, is this the best shot you can give for a news story on a Sunday morning?
I’m on a fifth cup now trying to prevent diabetes. Hence why I thought it was Sunday !!! There comes a time when one has to hold their hands up all the same and admit to a blunder!
Ballsack too late for me
Does this involve a certain type of coffee? And how does what you put into your coffee affect this? Milk and sugar – yes or no?
No
Avoid Trans Fats to completely reverse your Diabetes Type2 in 7 months. A fist of Walnuts for good fats.
So is fruit and veg. #putdownthefork
I agee with this. I had pre diabetes. Two years ago I started drinking coffee for the first time. I drink 2 or 3 cups a day, I love it and the diabetes is gone now
WHAT D STORY ON CAF COFFEE.
U MENTION DE-CAP IN UR ARTICLE BUT NOT CAF ????
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