MUM-TO-BE TOLD THAT BABY IS FINE
Mum-to-be told that her baby is 'doing fine'
A CHILD not yet born was being hailed yesterday as the second "miracle baby" of Omagh.
While Nicola Emery, who suffered leg injuries when she was caught up in the blast, yesterday celebrated the birth of her baby, a 25-year-old Killyclogher woman has been told that her unborn baby is "fine".
Karen Armstrong, who is 26 weeks' pregnant, is detained in Londonderry's Altnagelvin Hospital with extensive leg, face and shrapnel wounds.
Miss Armstrong said from her bedside: "I was very lucky. It seems that the only part of my body not hurt was around my stomach. It was a total miracle."
She said that she is determined to get on with life despite the "awful thing" that the bombers had done.
"I didn't want to be just another statistic. I have a child coming and that child is going to have a future. I am going to be positive and I am going to come through this."
Her boyfriend's mother Ann McCrea, who was shopping with Karen in Omagh last Saturday afternoon, was also seriously injured and on Wednesday she underwent major surgery at Dundonald Hospital.
Yesterday 16 adult and child patients - 12 female and four male -were being treated in Londonderry. Two of them are described as "ill" and the remaining 14 as "stable".
A CHILD not yet born was being hailed yesterday as the second "miracle baby" of Omagh.
While Nicola Emery, who suffered leg injuries when she was caught up in the blast, yesterday celebrated the birth of her baby, a 25-year-old Killyclogher woman has been told that her unborn baby is "fine".
Karen Armstrong, who is 26 weeks' pregnant, is detained in Londonderry's Altnagelvin Hospital with extensive leg, face and shrapnel wounds.
Miss Armstrong said from her bedside: "I was very lucky. It seems that the only part of my body not hurt was around my stomach. It was a total miracle."
She said that she is determined to get on with life despite the "awful thing" that the bombers had done.
"I didn't want to be just another statistic. I have a child coming and that child is going to have a future. I am going to be positive and I am going to come through this."
Her boyfriend's mother Ann McCrea, who was shopping with Karen in Omagh last Saturday afternoon, was also seriously injured and on Wednesday she underwent major surgery at Dundonald Hospital.
Yesterday 16 adult and child patients - 12 female and four male -were being treated in Londonderry. Two of them are described as "ill" and the remaining 14 as "stable".
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Publisher: NEWS LETTER
Ref: NL/083
Published Date: 22-Aug-98
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