Homeless Louth mother pleads for help as premature son fights for life

A homeless single Louth mother has appealed for help to save her premature son who is currently fighting for his life.

Robin, originally from Zimbabwe ‘has been moving from hospital to hospital’ with son Cy Maguire.

Robin moved to Ireland when she was two and relocated to Drogheda last June, she is currently in emergency accommodation and travelling to Cy who is currently in Children's Health Ireland (CHI) at Crumlin.

Cy was born in December at 24 weeks and mother Robin said ‘he has been in surgery and fighting for his life since birth.’

Robin has set up a Go Fund Me to raise funds to support her son.

So far Robin has managed to raise €2,000 of her target of €70,000.

Explaining Cy’s current condition, Robin said: “Dealing with numerous profound physiological derangements secondary to his prematurity, Meningitis, Sepsis, Anemia, Blood in the Brain and heart problems. He remains intubated and is on SIMV Vitilation.I know he will survive with all these difficulties. As his still tinny but mighty.”

Speaking on her struggle to treat Cy under these difficult circumstances Robin said: “We have been moving from hospital to hospital from Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda to The Coombe Hospital to Children's Health Ireland (CHI) at Crumlin. He will still be needing to undergo more surgery when he's a bit stronger and picks up some weight due to his stoma.”

Explaining her own situation and her reasons for setting up the page, Robin said: “As a single mother who is jobless, homeless and has no benefits except from SVP who have been helping me with food vouchers, I am seeking for a little bit of help regarding our situations with bills,food, travel expenses, rent and baby stuff. I wouldn't have thought I'd be someone to set up a GO Fund Me but since May of 2023 I have been having it tough throughout since the beginning of my pregnancy that came with hard challenges and stopping me from working. All I really want is for everything to be okay and comfortable for me and my little man Cy when it is time for him to come home to me. In order to do that I'd like a bit of help.”

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