Tracy McGinnis in Ticknevin, Co Kildare, is preparing for Christmas with her sons Brendan and Declan. The eldest, Brendan, is profoundly disabled and has a life-limiting condition. This Christmas his pressure sores are so bad he can't come into the sitting room to see them decorate the tree.
The hardest thing about Christmas for Tracy is that she doesn't know if it's going to be the last Christmas she spends with Brendan.
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