Family of Aaron McMahon Say Yesterdays Operation To Remove Brain Tumour Was A Success
The young Cork man travelled to the US to undergo life saving surgery on a rare brain tumour
18 year old Aaron McMahon from Shanagarry in East Cork underwent an 11 hour brain surgery in Pittsburg yesterday after he was given a terminal diagnosis and told there were no further options available to him in Ireland.
An online funding campaign raised over €140,000 for the surgery.
Speaking on the Neil Prendeville Show on Cork's RedFM in the last hour, Aaron's father Paul says he's aware that the operation has been a success:
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