The best Christmas ever for Meadhbh!

When I speak to the McGiverns it's three months and a day since Meadhbh had her life-saving liver transplant on September 15. That the 15-year-old is housebound and immuno-compromised (she must not come into contact with anyone with so much as a cough or a coldsore or she could end up back in hospital) is what she and her Dad consider a minor blip. "That's only a small part of the bigger picture," says dad, Joe. "Generally, her liver has taken well, her body has accepted it and she's doing extremely well." Roll back a Christmas or two and with progressive liver failure Meadhbh was weak, in pain and unsure whether she'd see another one. For full story, see this week's Anglo-Celt newspaper.