Our daughter Caoimhe was born in 1998 with an extensive right sided hernia. CDH was diagnosed before she was born.Her liver and intestines were both in her chest cavity. She had surgery to repair the hernia the day after she was born. She was in PICU for about six weeks and required numerous trips to hospital in her early years. She needed major surgery at age six to deal with adhesions which had caused a bowel obstruction. She also had a rough time with pneumonia when she was twelve. She continues to be monitored by her consultant every six months and sufferers from asthma but otherwise she is healthy and a normal teenager. We are eternally grateful to the staff of the Royal Victoria Hospital for Sick Children and the Royal Maternity Hospital for their outstanding care and attention to Caoimhe's needsimage.jpg