Barrow children wear yellow for classmate with hydrocephalus

Mia Amor Morgan, 3, has hydrocephalus, when a baby is born with excess fluid in their brain, and other physical health conditions.

Mia had surgery when she was 13 months old to have a shunt placement - but it did not go to plan and she spent months in the hospital.

Her mum Sarah Forster said: "It was a very very personally scary time. She reverted back to a brand new baby. She couldn't do anything she could do before."

Mia's mum Sarah is fundraising for a specialist chair (Image: Submitted)

Mia is non-verbal and she cannot sit up on her own. Her complex needs meant that it took a year before her parents found a nursery that would take her - and Ramsden Robins on Thwaite Street in Barrow stepped up.

When the nursery accepted Mia they were put in contact with Shine, a charity that provides specialist support from before birth and throughout life of anyone living with spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus. 

Ramsden Robins students wearing yellow in support of Mia's charity - Shine (Image: Submitted)

Clare Johnson, manager of the nursery, said: "They've been really good with us. They've provided us with lots of information and training packs to build confidence with the staff - signs and symptoms to look out for."

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The charity invited the nursery to 'go yellow' for a day as a fundraiser. All the children, including those in the baby room, came in wearing yellow outfits. 

Even the babies wore yellow in support of Mia (Image: Submitted)

The nursery raised £86 for the charity, which Clare said was 'really good' given the size of Ramsden Robins. 

"She is one of the most popular members of the class," Clare said. "The children really, really love her." 

She said the children often ask Mia's one-to-one if they can play with her. 

Mia is described as 'one of the most popular' children at the nursery (Image: Submitted)

Sarah is currently fundraising for Mia to have a specialist chair, which would give her more independence in nursery. 

Ramsden Robins cannot afford to pay for the chair and the cost is not being covered by the council or the NHS.

Sarah started a fundraiser with a £2,853 target. On the GoFundMe page, Sarah wrote: "Mia needs full assistance with transfers and a seat on a height adjustable base would allow her to access a wide range of activities as well as reducing the moving and handling risk to carers. Mia is currently being held on the knee of a member of staff or lies on the floor.

"Without the chair Mia will not be able to take part in the full range of nursery activities."

They hope the chair will last for a minimum of five years.