Conaill McGrath contracted respiratory syncytial virus, an infection that can be deadly in young babies and children, three times as an infant
When Conaill McGrath was six weeks old, he was sleepier than he had been in previous days, had a slight sniffle and was beginning to snore.
But it was not until his mother Aoife was getting him ready for bed that she became really concerned about his breathing.
“I decided he was just too small to take any risks,” she said.
Ms McGrath decided to bring Conaill to the emergency department of Temple Street children’s hospital in Dublin.
This was December 2021, and Ms McGrath was hoping her son had no
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