Paralyzed Irish girl receives treatment at Frazier in hopes of walking again

Molly Malones on Bardstown Road is rallying behind a little girl who is thousands of miles from home in order to receive special medical treatment at Frazier Rehab Institute.

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At 5 1/2 years old, Roisin Tansey is a typical little girl.

"Very normal, very demanding, she's great. Aren't you, Ro? She has the Irish temper with the Irish red hair," said Breda Tansey, Roisins mom.

But her journey is anything but average. Roisin and her mom just arrived in Louisville, from Ireland. They traveled thousands of miles, in hopes of giving Roisin a second chance.

"When she was 3 1/2, she tumbled on a couch," said Tansey. "She's paralyzed essentially from the neck down."

After her spinal cord injury two years ago, Roisin was left confined to a wheelchair. A special locomotor training program at Frazier Rehab Institute is why the family is here.

"We've heard stories of kids with spinal cord injuries, three success stories, where they got them walking again," Tansey said.

For the next three months, Roisin and her mom are staying at the Ronald McDonald House, while her three siblings and father are back in Ireland.

All of this so Roisin can improve her mobility and maybe even walk again.

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Paralyzed Irish girl receives treatment at Frazier in hopes of walking again