For one Granard family, this Christmas was extra special. On December 23, Pat and Eilish O'Hara's 11 month old baby, Ronan was electrocuted after he pulled a light from its holder on a Christmas decoration. Were it not for the quick thinking of Ronan's nine year old brother Cian, who realised what had happened and pulled the decoration's plug from the socket, the little baby could have suffered severe injuries.
However, thankfully that was not the case and the O'Hara family enjoyed a happy and peaceful Christmas together, despite the horror that unfolded just hours before the festive day.
"I was minding the kids because Eilish was doing the last of the Christmas shopping," said Pat. "We have Cian (9), Gavin (6), Aisling (3) and Ronan who will be one on January 9. I had Ronan in my arms and two of the youngsters began to squabble, so I put him down on the ground while I tried to sort out the other two.
"The next thing I knew, was that, my son Cian began shouting at me that something had happened to Ronan and he ran and plugged the decoration out from the mains. When I looked down, Ronan was lying there with his eyes closed. His eyes had turned yellow in colour and his lips were swollen."
"The next thing I knew, was that, my son Cian began shouting at me that something had happened to Ronan and he ran and plugged the decoration out from the mains. When I looked down, Ronan was lying there with his eyes closed. His eyes had turned yellow in colour and his lips were swollen."
By Aisling Kiernan ©2010
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