There is a donor milk bank in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland.  I've replied
to Paul Dukes giving him the contact name and e-mail for Ann McCrea who runs
the milk bank there.

Kind regards,
Eileen O'Sullivan,
Dublin, Ireland.

----- Original Message -----

> Date:    Tue, 8 Oct 2002 19:46:52 -0600
> From:    Jodine Chase <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Call for breast milk donations in Belfast
>
> I thought this was an interesting article. I wonder if anybody has thought
> to help this woman relactate?
>
> -- Jodine Chase
>
> http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=340783
>
> > Breastmilk plea to save Luke
> > The Belfast Telegraph
> > October 8, 2002
> >
> > By Paul Dykes
> >
> > THE parents of a desperately ill 15-week- old baby boy today appealed
for
> > human breast milk to save his life.
> >
> > Luke Kelly, from Stranmillis, was born gastroschesis, with his bowel
outside
> > his stomach, and now has little of his gut functioning.
> >
> > He needs specialist feeding and is being kept alive with an artificial
> > formula, but needs human breast milk for its growth enhancing
properties.
> >
> > Mum Cara (25), said Luke was so critically ill immediately after his
birth
> > that she was not encouraged to express milk for him because medical
staff did
> > not think her only child would survive.
> >
> > "My own milk flow was very slow and stopped about a week after Luke was
born
> > because of the stress," Cara said today.
> >
> > "He needs human milk because it has all the nutrients and growth
hormones he
> > needs."
> >
> > Luke is being kept alive on TPN formula and a supply of breast milk from
the
> > Human Milk Bank, but he needs a greater regular supply than the bank can
> > handle.
>
> <snip>
>
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