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.<br /><br />Over 50 tractors took part in the charity parade on Sunday afternoon to support Isla Gault who underwent life-saving surgeries in February. <br /><br />The convoy along the famous NW200 route was led by local biking hero Michael Dunlop in honour of Isla’s bravery.<br /><br />The Damhead primary school pupil became seriously ill in February just hours after competing in the Ballymena Irish Dancing Festival.<br />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.<br />“Isla never had headaches so we knew something was wrong. She wasn't making any sense and was starting to lose consciousness.<br /><br />“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.<br />“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.<br /><br />"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.”
