Five years after a Ponteland girl, then 8, suffered a life-threatening brain bleed, she and her mum were delighted to present a cheque worth $10,000 to a charity which supported her during her stay in hospital.
Kara-Amber Wheatley woke up in the early hours one morning screaming. Her parents rushed her to hospital and, thankfully, she was quickly diagnosed by experts in A&E at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle. She then underwent lifesaving brain surgery.
While Kara-Amber was recovering on ward 1B of the Great North Children's Hospital, a visit from the Clown Doctors - funded by Newcastle charity the Children's Foundation through Tin Arts - was a much-needed moment of levity during a tough time. Afterwards, Kara-Amber and mum Katherine thanked the charity, and became regular volunteers.
