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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RCH helps brother and sister hit back from emergencies A lot of praying, hoping and bargaining can be done in 90 minutes. Jayne Wilkins and husband Michael Norman have now endured this scenario for each of their two children in…
Little Poppy’s heartbreaking chemotherapy routine Poppy Esenyel gets her sparkly shoes strapped on and her camera packed when she knows it is hospital day. After eight months of chemotherapy, the six-year-old is — heartbreakingly — an old hand at cancer…
Pocket Rocket Matilda’s brave oncology battle Matilda Hutton-Latham is known for being a cheeky prankster. With her twin brother, Patrick, by her side, the pair are natural-born sidekicks. So when the four-year-old started limping a month before Christmas, parents Ivan…
Despina’s one-in-a-million broken heart Doctors are standing on the diving board facing pulling off the cardiac equivalent of four reverse somersaults in pike position to fix Despina Sarri. And that’s after swimming a marathon to even get to the surgical…
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