Herald Sun photographer Jay Town was embedded at The Royal Children’s Hospital, with our experienced health reporter Brigid O’Connell who has covered the Appeal for over ten years.
Together, they brought many inspirational personal stories.
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AT a check-up for her baby Jasper, a maternal health nurse told mum Louise Sherriff to get her son straight to the emergency department. Jasper was 11 weeks old but only 130 grams heavier than his birth weight. He was being fed formula but…
Gus was born a fighter For Gus Rule, life has been a battle since before he was born. At 28 weeks gestation, parents Jacki and John were told there was “something wrong” with their baby’s heart. A week later Gus was born, small…
Brave Bailey finds new lease on life after kicking cancer It was exactly 1.48am on November 14, 2014, when everything stopped for Ryan Atkin. Cancer. His daughter, Bailey, who was just shy of celebrating her fourth birthday, had cancer. The usually…
Hailey grins and bears it Hailey Wright has five different headbands but, if you ask her, she could do with a few more. And maybe a bandana, to match her nurse bear. The bright-eyed six-year-old has been at The Royal…
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