Fundraiser to help three-year-old Charlottetown girl with brain damage

Jim Day Published on October 18, 2013

Raffle tickets for the Efforts for Emma campaign can be purchased at all Scotiabank locations in Prince Edward Island or at the Brain Injury Association of P.E.I. The cost is $20 for one ticket, $50 for 3 and $100 for eight. Donations can also be made online at http://www.effortsforemma.com.

Guardian photo by Jim Day

Joe Driscoll holds his three-year-old granddaughter Emma Driscoll-Roche who at eight months suffered cardiac arrest due to respiratory failure resulting in severe brain damage. A fundraising campaign is underway to help offset the costs to family for the young girl's health care.

Joe Driscolls only grandchild to date has been both a source of great joy and a cause for considerable concern.

Emma Driscoll-Roche, now 3, entered the world in apparent tip-top shape.

Driscoll was able to watch his granddaughter grow day by day as she reached early development milestones.

At seven months, she was crawling. She was also saying Momma and Dadda.

Driscoll and his wife Kathy, he notes, were pretty well over the moon each day their granddaughter graced their Charlottetown home.

I think thats a bond that only grandparents can understand, he says. Its just such a feeling of completeness.

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