Pictured from left to right: Kym Sykes (Consultant PICU), Rosie Mitchell (PICU nurse and treasurer for Friends of PICU charity) Ambar Noor and mother Sonia Kauser.

Ambar Noor returned to PICU to see the piece of equipment her mother, family and friends raised funds towards. The equipment pictured is a CFAM (cerebral function analysis monitor), which is used to analyse electrical activity in the brain.

Ambar was admitted to Southampton General Hospital’s Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)on the 29th September 2007 when she was only 5 weeks old suffering with late onset Group B streptococcus which in turn caused her to contract meningitis. Ambar was given only a 1% chance of recovery. After a 1 week stay in PICU and a further 2 weeks in the High Dependency Unit and the children’s ward she was discharged and has now made a full recovery. Sonia and the rest of the family are very grateful to all the staff on PICU. Sonia would like to say a very special thank you to Kim Sykes and John Papperchan; the consultants who cared for Ambar in PICU and saved her life.

Sonia wrote a letter to all her family and friends asking for donations to PICU where Ambar was treated. Sonia and Ambar would like to take this opportunity to thank all their family and friends who helped to raise £3419 towards the CFAM. They would also like to say a big thank you to Xeretec office supplies in Chandlers ford for their generous donation to PICU.