A distraught teenager has pleaded for help to save her mum's life after being told she has less than five years until she's fully immobilised.
Caoimhe Delaney said she's terrified of losing her beloved mum, Debbie, who has been suffering from lymphedema and lipedema — two debilitating physical conditions that involve severe swelling of limbs, usually the legs. Debbie desperately needs to undergo gastric bypass surgery to get rid of the fluid buildup in her body, but the current HSE wait list is five years long.
Caoimhe told Dublin Live: "Doctors are saying we need to get her the surgery as soon as possible because she doesn't have another five years in her. She will be completely immobilised at that point."
