Elma Walsh - December 8th 2021

This weeks guest on Stand Out with Ian O'Connell is Elma Walsh. Elma Is the mother of the brave and inspirational Kerry teenager Donal Walsh. At 12 years old Donal was diagnosed with Osteo Sarcoma cancer and nine months of chemotherapy Donal came back to the playing field not as a trainer but as a coach to his peers. In February 2102 the Cancer returned, this time to his lung and Donal had to have half of his lung removed and endured another round of chemotherapy treatment until June. In October 2012 Donal was diagnosed for the third, and ultimately final, time with tumours in five places. On May 12, 2013, Donal moved on to his final journey and reached “God’s Highest Mountain”. I speak to his mother about Donals cancer journey, his legacy and why suicide is not the answer to life's problems.