Seen this at the weekend so thought all the people who done the charity drive would like to see how well Nicole's doing 
[size=14pt]A Christmas miracle as Nicole (10) walks again[/size]
A young girl has defied medical predictions she would never walk again and has taken her first steps before Christmas. Nicole Cahill (10) is due home next week after six months in the US where her progress has been described as a miracle.
These will be the first steps brave Nicole has taken on Irish soil in four years after she was left wheelchair In 2004, she went from being a fun-loving and mobile six-year-old to a seriously ill girl with a viral infection, and she spent 24 days in a coma and lost the use of her legs.
Nicole has defied Irish doctors, who said that she would never walk again, after intense rehabilitation to train her brain to get her to walk again.
Little Nicole, from Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, suffered from acute disseminating encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) and was diagnosed with spastic quadraparesis.
"She's doing well. She's taken a few steps," her dad Bill told the Herald. "She left on the 23rd of June so she's been away six months now."
"She's going to have therapy three times a week, and botox injections every 12 weeks to build up her muscles."
"She's in right form."
"People are after being very good. Over 100,000 has been raised and people we've never even met before have been giving money.
YOGA
Upon her return home, Nicole will use a device called a Nada chair, which is equipped with splints that will stretch her muscles.
She will need to wear splints both at night and during the day and will use a walker and helmet for support and safety at school.
A full training programme, which includes yoga sessions, has also been drawn up for her continued progress at home.
Nicole's family are now hopeful that she will be able to get treatment at Berry Sports Medicine and Physiotherapy Clinic in Adamstown, which is equipped with a hydro-pool that could help with her continued recovery.
Bill and his wife Mairead were trying to sell her house a year before she left for New York so they could fund her rehabilitation. However, due to the crumbling property market, the couple weren't able to get a deal done.
"It didn't sell with the way houses are going. It's still up for sale," Bill explained.
The family are waiting for the property market to improve before they can sell. Meanwhile, Bill is waiting to see his daughter again for the first time since September.
"Now is the important part. We don't want the work that's been done to slip away."
Maureen Catterson, who helped to raise the money for Nicole's treatment, told the Herald: "Her Mum rang yesterday to say that she cannot wait for the airplane wheels to hit Dublin airport.
"Six months is a long time. She went through numerous amounts of operations and she has been for therapy five times a week."
"She left the doctors for the last time last Tuesday, and the doctors were crying saying goodbye to her."
BEAUTIFUL
"She was six when it happened and she's 10 now, so she hasn't walked in four years. She's talking about going back to school to see her friends next week."
Maureen says she can't wait to meet Nicole again. "She is beautiful. When I met her first I fell in love with her. Santa's coming, and she can't wait to come home."
Anyone who wishes to help the Cahills can donate directly to a special account called the Nicole Cahill Fund at AIB in Enniscorthy. Account number 31951002, sort code 93-34-14.
[size=14pt]A Christmas miracle as Nicole (10) walks again[/size]
A young girl has defied medical predictions she would never walk again and has taken her first steps before Christmas. Nicole Cahill (10) is due home next week after six months in the US where her progress has been described as a miracle.
These will be the first steps brave Nicole has taken on Irish soil in four years after she was left wheelchair In 2004, she went from being a fun-loving and mobile six-year-old to a seriously ill girl with a viral infection, and she spent 24 days in a coma and lost the use of her legs.
Nicole has defied Irish doctors, who said that she would never walk again, after intense rehabilitation to train her brain to get her to walk again.
Little Nicole, from Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, suffered from acute disseminating encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) and was diagnosed with spastic quadraparesis.
"She's doing well. She's taken a few steps," her dad Bill told the Herald. "She left on the 23rd of June so she's been away six months now."
"She's going to have therapy three times a week, and botox injections every 12 weeks to build up her muscles."
"She's in right form."
"People are after being very good. Over 100,000 has been raised and people we've never even met before have been giving money.
YOGA
Upon her return home, Nicole will use a device called a Nada chair, which is equipped with splints that will stretch her muscles.
She will need to wear splints both at night and during the day and will use a walker and helmet for support and safety at school.
A full training programme, which includes yoga sessions, has also been drawn up for her continued progress at home.
Nicole's family are now hopeful that she will be able to get treatment at Berry Sports Medicine and Physiotherapy Clinic in Adamstown, which is equipped with a hydro-pool that could help with her continued recovery.
Bill and his wife Mairead were trying to sell her house a year before she left for New York so they could fund her rehabilitation. However, due to the crumbling property market, the couple weren't able to get a deal done.
"It didn't sell with the way houses are going. It's still up for sale," Bill explained.
The family are waiting for the property market to improve before they can sell. Meanwhile, Bill is waiting to see his daughter again for the first time since September.
"Now is the important part. We don't want the work that's been done to slip away."
Maureen Catterson, who helped to raise the money for Nicole's treatment, told the Herald: "Her Mum rang yesterday to say that she cannot wait for the airplane wheels to hit Dublin airport.
"Six months is a long time. She went through numerous amounts of operations and she has been for therapy five times a week."
"She left the doctors for the last time last Tuesday, and the doctors were crying saying goodbye to her."
BEAUTIFUL
"She was six when it happened and she's 10 now, so she hasn't walked in four years. She's talking about going back to school to see her friends next week."
Maureen says she can't wait to meet Nicole again. "She is beautiful. When I met her first I fell in love with her. Santa's coming, and she can't wait to come home."
Anyone who wishes to help the Cahills can donate directly to a special account called the Nicole Cahill Fund at AIB in Enniscorthy. Account number 31951002, sort code 93-34-14.
Fair play too everyone in the isdc, every well wish is vey much appreciated by their family. 
