‘We’re so proud

Youngster’s generous donation to kids’ ward

A DUNDEE youngster who was rushed to hospital after collapsing in his school playground has donated a trolley-full of presents to kids on the ward he was on.

After complaining of headaches for weeks, Jack McGuire suddenly collapsed, leaving his frantic parents fearing that the youngster had a brain tumour.

The five-year-old was rushed into Ninewells Hospital and doctors found the blackout stemmed from a cyst on the brain which was causing a pressure build-up.

The Eastern Primary School pupil had to undergo emergency surgery to relieve the pressure and fluid on the brain by having part of his skull shaved away.

He spent a night in intensive care and was then moved to the high dependency unit for another night before being moved to a bay in the children’s ward for another eight days.

Jack’s mum Deborah witnessed the “terrifying” collapse.

The 28-year-old childminder said: “I know first aid from my job but I just started screaming and another one of the mums rolled him over and then he came around again and we took him straight to the hospital.”

Dad Bruce, 29, who works as an electrical technician, was offshore at the time and faced an 11-hour rush back to the city to be at his son’s bedside.

He said: “It was the worst news that you can get — a guy who I didn’t even know came into my room and told me that my son had an accident. “When I got to the hospital Jack and Deborah were both asleep so I still didn’t really know what was going on. “I had to go and l ook

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