UPDATE: Shauntelle Tynan has raised the much needed funds to support her cancer treatment.
The Carlow teenager shared a heartfelt video on Facebook as a plea to garner support for specialist treatment in Texas Children’s Hospital.
The 18 year-old posted a message on Facebook which says "I am so excited for my little brother & sister to come home from school to hear that I have made enough to go to Texas!"
Crowd-funding site Go Fund Me says Shauntelle's campaign is the largest Irish campaign held on their platform.
Listen to our full interview with Shauntelle and her Mum Leona here
EARLIER
A South East teenager has appealed for help for his cancer stricken sister Shauntelle Tynan by sharing a Facebook post on how serious her illness is.
19 year old Dylan St Ledger shared the post which has been viewed over 660,000 times since he posted it on the 12th of February.
His sister, 18 year old, Shauntelle Tynan from Carlow has a rare cancer multi system histiocytosis x (LCH).
She was diagnosed in may 2015 and went through 5 failed treatment protocols. She has had treatment between Ireland and Texas and instead of improving more systems have become involved.
Shauntelle's best chance to beat this is to get her back to Texas for a period of approximately four months in order to find a combination that her body will respond to and get her to the healthy vibrant 18 year old she deserves to be.
Dylan posted his sister's heartfelt video appealing for help to get her to Texas for the treatment she needs.
Shauntelle needs to raise $527,000 in order to be able to spend the four months in Texas a provisional date of September 28th has been set for treatment.
To date there's been huge support in Shauntelle's home county of Carlow with regular fundraisers.
If you would like to read more about Shauntelle's fundraising or make a donation please go to: https://www.gofundme.com/shanstreatmentfund
