‘I’m doing just fine’: Cork teenager Elsie Hayes celebrates her cancer journey with a Disneyland trip
Thirteen-year-old Elsie Hayes, who is battling cancer and type 1 diabetes, is preparing for a trip to Disneyland Paris with the Cork City Hospitals Children’s Club. The story highlights the community support and charity work that provides joy to children facing serious medical challenges.
Why it matters
It underscores the importance of charitable organizations in supporting the mental and emotional well-being of pediatric patients.
Elsie Hayes, with her dog Kerry, said that 'everyone at Ballinspittle National School was kind and accommodating, and understood when I wasn't able to do things'. Picture: David Creedon
Elsie Hayes has a more important lesson for her class-mates than any teacher could offer after starting secondary school while in the throes of a cancer battle.
Just weeks into her first year at Kinsale Community School, the 13-year-old is continuing to defy expectations as she prepares for the trip of a lifetime to Disneyland Paris, with one of Cork ’s most beloved charities.
The Kinsale schoolgirl was no stranger to hospitals before her cancer diagnosis last December, having lived with type 1 diabetes all her life.
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