Caoimhe Darcy is an 11 year old girl living in Co Donegal. She has worked tirelessly for the last 18 months and has gone from being a full time wheelchair user to using a walker. She has always done it with a smile and never gives up.
Caoimhe was born with Cerebral Palsy which has affected her legs mainly.
Caoimhe has the chance to receive a life changing surgery known as SDR, in which they will relieve the spasticity in her legs through spinal surgery. She has officially been accepted as a great candidate by world renowned Surgeon Dr. T. S. Park in St Louis Children’s Hospital, Missouri for this life changing surgery SDR (Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy).
This surgery will relieve the every day pain she experiences and help her immensely in progressing toward her milestones and, her big wish, walking independently!
This surgery along with post op therapy and hard work will give Caoimhe the opportunity to walk unassisted and pain free
The surgery is not available in Ireland and is not funded by the HSE. We have had to fight for all services since Caoimhe was born we have been self funding all her treatments with excess of €60,000 spent already in preparation for this surgery already.
We now face one final task to give Caoimhe a fighting chance of having the best quality of life that she deserves.
Friends and family of Caoimhe’s have organised a fundraising target of €150,000 with a GoFundme Page already set up which can be found at: https://gofund.me/2e4c128f.
Caoimhe’s Father is Stuart Darcy. Stuart was the first ever Donegal winner of the Billy Coleman Award & a competing rally driver for many years. He is know all over the country in his FDR Cars sponsored cars.
When news filtered out about Caoimhe’s life changing surgery another famous rally car driver Declan Boyle of the Mc Caffertys Bar Group offered his bar as the place to run a Fundraising & Auction Night in aid Caoimhe’s fundraising campaign. This Fundraising Night is on Mc Caffety’s Bar, The Diamond, Donegal Town Saturday the 25th of February. This is a night not to be missed.
Caoimhe’s Mother Noreen Darcy explains;
We as a family with the support of our friends & family have been so inspired by Caoimhe’s determination to qualify for this life changing surgery that at this point it feels surreal that it is happening that, Caoimhe, our little girl may get a life without her wheelchair. The support since we announced our fund raising campaign has been over whelming with support coming from all over the world. The rally community around the world and everyone connected with that go that extra mile for every good cause over and over again.
Stuart explains, We are delighted to announce that we have a Motorsport themed auction on the night with some Auction items that have never been seen before & may never be available again.
For auction on the night are:
– A Navi seat with Kevin Eves in this years Circuit of Kerry Rally
– A Test with WRC Driver Craig Breen in any of his personal rally cars.
– A entry for this years Donegal Rally
– A entry for this years Killarney Historic Rally.
– A seat in this years Rally Legends with Paolo Diana go YouTube him..!!
– FREE RSA Entries for Life
– A Cas-Kart Arrive & drive Buggy / Speed Car hire
-A private tour of Donagh Kelly’s museum together with a helicopter ride and lunch for 5 lucky bidders!
The list goes on but another show stopper prize is donated by WRC Irish Rally Driver Craig Breen. Craig Breen has organised with Hyundai Motorsport a full WRC Finland Pre Test in this years Hyundai WRC Rally 1 Car..!! This has never been done before & money can not buy this WRC Pre Test seat. We are accepting phone bids on the night & as Craig is a WRC Driver we are expecting bids from all over the world.
Keep up to date with the camping & auction details by following us on Facebook & Instagram “Caoimhe’s Fight To Walk” and we look forward to seeing you on Saturday 25th of February, Mc Caffertys Bar, Donegal Town.
