A fundraiser has been launched for a miracle baby years after her parents were told to plan her funeral.
Claire McDaid and her partner Jay Needham received devastating news at Claire's 30-week scan, when they were told that their daughter TJ would not ever be able to live a normal life.
They were told they should strongly consider going to England to terminate the pregnancy.
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But two years later, TJ is thriving - and is now hoping to get life-changing treatment in Hungary so that she can walk unaided.
The little girl from Stoneybatter has Spina Bifida, but her enthusiasm and positive nature is infective.
Claire told Dublin Live that TJ is a courageous little girl that doesn't let anything stand in her way.
She said: "At 30 weeks I was told to go for an abortion in England.
"I was offered that. I was told that she would have a low quality of life. I was planning her funeral basically.
"They said she could have been deformed. It was a very bad time.
"They told her that she wouldn't be able to walk or move her legs, but of course she's sitting up by now.
"She's trying to crawl and move her legs.
"In Ireland we are 10-15 years behind in terms of treatment. They just handed us a wheelchair.
"I got in contact with the Peto Institute in Hungary. They only accept people that they think they can work with, and they have accepted TJ.
"But TJ has to get a series of operations before she can get physical therapy."
Claire knows that there's a long road ahead, but she would move mountains to give her little girl the best life possible.
She said: "I know someone who went over there and she was walking.
"It's all down to money. The more money you have the more treatment you can get.
"She is the bubbliest little girl. "She is a candidate and we would do anything to help our little girl."
You can donate here to help get TJ the treatment she needs.
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