WINSTON — A group of 14 Winston Middle Schools students are working diligently to raise the necessary funds to make an educational trip to Australia in the summer of 2023, Source: Pasta with mom fundraiser at Winston Middle School
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‘My son is autistic. I don’t want him to change – but the world needs to.’
‘I feel like in many ways the odds are against him.’ Anyone at any time can become a carer to a family member or friend. I became a carer when my eldest child was diagnosed with autism at age seven. I am a proud mother to four young children (including triplets!) and a member of…
Young mum who needed double lung transplant urges others to sign up for organ donation
Dr Catherine McCarroll’s life changed drastically last year when she was told that she required a double lung transplant, less than a month after giving birth to her daughter Eve. During Organ Donation Awareness Week, Catherine recalls her journey to Ulster Star, going from being terminally ill, struggling to walk from her bed to the bathroom,…
‘God Has a Plan for Both of Us’: Young mom battling stage IV cancer asks for prayers after 4-year-old son also diagnosed with cancer
A Pennsylvania family is dealing with the unimaginable. Just months after Nicole Roche, a wife and mother of three young children, went public with her stage IV cancer diagnosis, her family faces yet another health emergency: Roche’s 4-year-old son, Wesley, was rushed to the ER last week where it was revealed there was a large,…
‘I made a promise to him’ | Simsbury mom conducts study to fight substance abuse
Lisa Gray lost her son to an opioid overdose in 2018, less than a month later she started a non-profit to help those battling addiction. GRANBY, Conn. — A local nonprofit is conducting a study in Connecticut to see what types of programs and services are needed to support those battling substance use disorders. Lisa Gray lost…
Mother with terminal cancer wants to make memories with ‘miracle’ son
Jenna Loughran, 37, from Coventry, was diagnosed with stage four triple negative breast cancer in this year, and is heartbroken she has to leave her son behind, who has just turned three. A heartbroken mum has revealed she has terminal cancer – three years after welcoming her miracle son via IVF. Jenna Loughran, 37, from Coventry,…
Redditch mum raises awareness of daughter’s rare form of life-limiting epilepsy
Josie-Mae, aged 3, has a rare form of epilepsy that has led to her being resuscitated 20 times. Lyz Cund’s three-year-old daughter Josie-Mae was diagnosed at the age of one with Dravet Syndrome. Josie-Mae suffered months of seizures and blue light ambulance trips to hospital and has been resuscitated 20 times. Lyz, aged 38, said:…
Kellie takes on charity challenge for autism charities in honour of her son
A Carndonagh mum is taking a mammoth leap to honour her son and raise money for vital charities. Kellie Tweed will do a skydive on August 13 to raise funds for iCARE and the Irish Society for Autism. She is also hosting a fundraising event in Joyce’s, Carndonagh this Sunday. The 29-year-old is doing so in honour…
‘Watching your family hurt for you, that was hard for me’
A Greeley woman has had her fair share of Pap tests, abnormal results and biopsy surgeries, but one routine cervical screening can be credited with saving her life. Trina Fults, a 41-year-old wife, mom of three and an elementary teacher at Billie Martinez Elementary School in Greeley, was diagnosed with stage 1B cervical cancer in…