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A Christmas Appeal making sure families get support at the most challenging of times

christmas theme image of a family sat smiling together with 2 support workers from SBH ScotlandLast year little Amber McRae wasn’t able to spend Christmas with her family. Instead, she spent six weeks in hospital after undergoing gruelling and risky skull expansion surgery. Amber has spina bifida and hydrocephalus and the surgery was the last chance to try and bring down the pressure in her head caused by hydrocephalus and save her life.

SBH Scotland helped to support the family as they navigated this incredibly difficult time. Now Leanne and Amber are teaming up with the charity to launch a Christmas Appeal to raise funds to support other families going through the same thing this year.

Last Christmas, Amber was in hospital with her mum Leanne by her side. Although her dad Paul and her big sister Laila visited daily, it was heartbreaking for Leanne to watch them leave each day and for the family to be apart at this special time of year.

The family was terrified that Amber might not make it:

“I was shaken to the core,” recalls Leanne. “It was a really high-risk operation and there was no guarantee that she would survive it, but at that point we had run out of options.”

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