A Moray four-year-old is handing over more than £10,000 raised in his name to the medical charities that have helped him.
Mylo McLean, from Elgin, has a cardiac defect which means his heart can pound as fast as 250 to 300 beats a minute, and has spent much of his young life in intensive care.
He has been airlifted from Elgin and Aberdeen to Glasgow to receive specialised care five times by the Scottish Ambulance Service.
The plucky youngster visited the group’s base at Glasgow Airport with his parents, Lianne and Craig, yesterday to hand over a £2,500 cheque.
His family will also deliver boosts of that amount to the Archie Foundation in Aberdeen, along with Glasgow’s Royal Hospital for Sick Children and the Ronald McDonald House charity that provides accommodation there for families of patients.
Mrs McLean said the family wanted to do something to give back to the organisations that have looked after her little boy since day one.
She said: “Mylo needs a lot of intensive care, and he spent the first nine months of his life in hospital.
“All of those services really helped us, as we have needed a pretty high level of treatment.
“Mylo has had some lengthy stays in hospital, and its thanks to the charities that provide accommodation for families there that we have been able to remain by his side.
“We really just wanted to give something back.”
The Seafield nursery pupil has a rare form of Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), which means his heart “continually” beats at a fast rate and can not be remedied through the usual forms of surgery.
The youngster also has developmental difficulties which means he struggles to communicate, and is on the autistic spectrum.
His family spent 10 months planning a golf tournament at Lossiemouth’s Moray Golf Club in August, which attracted 60 competitors and contributed to the bulk of their towering tally.
A casino night at Hopeman’s Braemou Inn also boosted funds, and local businesses made generous donations to the McLeans’ cause.
Mrs McLean added: “When we started fundraising our target was just £2,000 – so to collect £10,000 has been unbelievable.
“We would not have been able to do what we have done without the people of Moray.”
