Little Katie McCann’s parents are praying for a miracle as they prepare to fly to America tomorrow to get their daughter life-saving treatment.

By Connla Young

connla@derrypost.com

The nine-month-old, who suffers from a rare for of epilepsy, was thrown a lifeline last month when bosses at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago said they would begin treatment last month.

But the sick child’s doting parents, Gary and Mekila, have decided to travel now as their baby’s condition continues to deteriorate.

And as little Katie clasped her new passport last night dad Gary said it will be a massive wrench for the family to leave their Magherafelt home.

“It will be heartbreaking to leave everybody behind,” he said.

“It has been a really big decision to take but we are on the road now and that’s it.”