A crack SAS team (that’s Scottish Ambulance Service) based at School Road, ran the Glasgow half-marathon earlier this year to raise funds for five-month-old Kelly.

Their hearts went out to the family who had to cope with multiple visits to hospital for their first-born daughter and a number of serious operations to correct a complex heart disorder, only to discover that their second daughter was born with even more serious problems.

Determined to do something to help, local ambulance crews raised more than £2000 through their half-marathon attempts in Glasgow to help fund more visits to hospitals far from home.

But it was all smiles at the School Road Depot today when a cheque for £2037 was presented, with Kelly’s big sister bouncing up and down with delight and showing no signs that this time last year it was touch and go as she underwent life-saving surgery in a specialist children’s hospital in Birmingham.

Proud dad Billy said three-year-old Kayley was now out of the woods though doctors were still keeping a check on her progress.

The little girl has just started Craigiebarns Nursery.

He was less certain about the future of his baby daughter Kelly. Her heart defect is so unusual that doctors had to scour the world for information and are still assessing what treatment she will eventually require.

Thanking the ambulance crews for their generosity, Angela said the cheque would go in the bank for Kelly and probably be used to support the family when they do start making lengthy visits to distant hospitals for the specialist surgery their infant will require.