Over 50 tractors take part in charity parade, led by Michael Dunlop, to support Coleraine’s Isla Gault (10) who was diagnosed with a brain tumour in February
- 5 days ago
A family fun day and tractor run has raised £6,105 for an amazing 10-year-old Coleraine girl who was recently diagnosed with a brain tumour.
Over 50 tractors took part in the charity parade on Sunday afternoon to support Isla Gault who underwent life-saving surgeries in February.
The convoy along the famous NW200 route was led by local biking hero Michael Dunlop in honour of Isla’s bravery.
The Damhead primary school pupil became seriously ill in February just hours after competing in the Ballymena Irish Dancing Festival.
Her mum Hilary Gault, recalled: “Isla showed no symptoms of the tumour until later that night, after she had gone to bed, when she started being sick and said she had a really sore head.
“Isla never had headaches so we knew something was wrong. She wasn't making any sense and was starting to lose consciousness.
“It was really scary; thankfully we live close to Causeway Hospital and got there at around 2.30am. Fortunately we saw a consultant and a CT scan showed a bleed in Isla's brain.
“She was taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital by ambulance for emergency surgery and an MRI scan the following day showed she had a brain tumour.
"Our lives completely turned upside down, and within weeks she’d undergone life-saving surgeries to remove the tumour before receiving six-weeks of proton beam radiotherapy in Manchester.”
Over 50 tractors took part in the charity parade on Sunday afternoon to support Isla Gault who underwent life-saving surgeries in February.
The convoy along the famous NW200 route was led by local biking hero Michael Dunlop in honour of Isla’s bravery.
The Damhead primary school pupil became seriously ill in February just hours after competing in the Ballymena Irish Dancing Festival.
Her mum Hilary Gault, recalled: “Isla showed no symptoms of the tumour until later that night, after she had gone to bed, when she started being sick and said she had a really sore head.
“Isla never had headaches so we knew something was wrong. She wasn't making any sense and was starting to lose consciousness.
“It was really scary; thankfully we live close to Causeway Hospital and got there at around 2.30am. Fortunately we saw a consultant and a CT scan showed a bleed in Isla's brain.
“She was taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital by ambulance for emergency surgery and an MRI scan the following day showed she had a brain tumour.
"Our lives completely turned upside down, and within weeks she’d undergone life-saving surgeries to remove the tumour before receiving six-weeks of proton beam radiotherapy in Manchester.”