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Top music stars come together with online concert for Livie

written by Staff Writer June 5, 2020
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A marathon six hour online concert featuring Daniel O’Donnell, Nathan Carter, Mike Denver and a host of top musicians will be broadcast tomorrow in a bid to raise funds for baby Livie Mulhern.

Little Livie was born with a rare neuromuscular condition.

Livie’s parents, Donegal Town man Keith Mulhern and his fiance Karen Vickers, are calling for all possible support in their quest to save their daughter’s life.

Livie (Olivia) is nine months old and recently diagnosed with a rare and serious genetic neuromuscular condition called spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 1.

SMA is caused by a gene deletion which results in deterioration of Livie’s nerve cells connecting her brain and spinal cord to her body’s muscles. There is no cure and Livie has its most severe type.

Without any treatment, her condition would continue to deteriorate and it would be unlikely that she would live past her 2nd birthday. Every child with SMA is different and Livie’s future is very uncertain.

Treatment options for Livie are very limited. The family’s best hope for a better life for Livie is a once-off gene therapy called Zolgensma, which is currently only available in USA. It costs approximately US$2,100,000.

Livie’s story has touched thousands of people’s hearts worldwide and sparked a major GoFundMe campaign to reach the goal and give her the best chance.

Keith and Karen are against the clock as Zolgensma is only available to children under the age of two years.

Over €428,000 has been raised so far, with the couple saying that they are on a ‘long road’ but are got off to a fantastic start.

They are now hoping tomorrow’s concert, which is being organised by Newtowncunningham musician Alister McQuilken, will give them a further financial boost in their quest to get enough money for Livie’s treatment.

“She is our world, and we want to do everything we possibly can to give her a better quality of life and a longer life,” Karen said.

Click here to visit the GoFundMe page: https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-better-life-for-livie

To tune into tomorrow’s concert which starts at 2pm log onto https://www.facebook.com/GOLIVEFORLIVIE/

Top music stars come together with online concert for Livie was last modified: June 9th, 2020 by Staff Writer
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