|
|
Alan to fly home this
week
07.01.08
TEENAGER Alan Doherty
will be home later this week after a longer than
expected stay in New York.
Alan missed Christmas at home after an infection set
in following the second phase of pioneering surgery
to construct him a chin. It meant he had to stay in
New York over the festive holiday for minor
corrective surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital. |
His aunt Grace McColgan,
who lives in Muff, last night told InishowenNews.com
the whole family spent Christmas together in the Big
Apple.
"His mother Bernie and father Danny and his brother
and sister were all in New York with him for
Christmas. All of them went out for their Christmas
dinner to a local restaurant and had a great time,"
she explained.
Alan's surgeons are happy with his recovery from
infection and he was cleared to travel home on
Wednesday.
Grace, who is a sister of Alan's father, said |
 |
she was unsure whether
the 17-year old would be returning to school in
Letterkenny in the meantime.
"As far as I know he may have to go back to New York
in late February or early March so I don't know if
he will be able to go back to school before then."
She said Alan had a private tutor calling to the
family's rented apartment in New York whenever his
hospital schedule allowed. Meanwhile, she said
fundraising would continue throughout Inishowen and
Letterkenny this year to meet the final costs of her
brave nephew's €0.5m surgery.
For more, visit
www.friendsofalandoherty.com . |
|
