A 28-year-old man in Dunmore, Co Galway, receiving palliative care for brain cancer, faced significant challenges during Storm Éowyn due to power outages and communication disruptions. His mother describes the difficulty in accessing medical care and support, highlighting the vulnerability of individuals with chronic illnesses during extreme weather events.
Storm Éowyn aftermath: Rory Comer has been receiving palliative care for brain cancer in Dunmore, Co Galway
Nurses come to the house to administer controlled drugs and check on the two pumps that deliver Rory’s medication. It is a process that requires accuracy, and it was made very difficult in the dark without electricity.
“It just barely rang my neighbour. Not enough for her to answer but she saw the missed call. Her husband came over and he lifted him. That couple of minutes while we were there, with him on the ground and the two of us trying to stop him from falling any further. I don’t know what would have happened.”
“He bought his first guitar with his first communion money,” Joan says. “He got lessons after school, and he got a Stratocaster. He went for weekly lessons to a local guy up the road and eventually the teacher said: you know, Rory’s actually teaching me. Rory has been receiving treatment since then. A couple of years in, he was declared in remission and went back to teaching for three or four months, before the cancer returned.
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