WHEN Amanda Wild collected her GCSE results, she wanted to share the news with her family - and the local children's hospital.

During the past 12 months, Amanda has had 13 operations on her brain, to relieve pressure caused by fluid.

The 16-year-old from Shaw, who suffers from hydrocephalus, has spent a large part of the year as a patient at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, in Pendlebury.

So she was thrilled to discover she had notched up four A* grades, two As and two Bs.

"I wasn't expecting to do so well because I have had to have eight or nine months off school," said Amanda, who attends Crompton House School, Shaw, Oldham. She is now planning to study for A-levels and hopes to become a doctor.

• Darren Cunningham, from New Moston, who was diagnosed with a brain tumour just days before his exams began, has been awarded five As and two Bs.

During the past 12 months, Amanda has had 13 operations on her brain, to relieve pressure caused by fluid.

The 16-year-old from Shaw, who suffers from hydrocephalus, has spent a large part of the year as a patient at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, in Pendlebury.

So she was thrilled to discover she had notched up four A* grades, two As and two Bs.

"I wasn't expecting to do so well because I have had to have eight or nine months off school," said Amanda, who attends Crompton House School, Shaw, Oldham. She is now planning to study for A-levels and hopes to become a doctor.

• Darren Cunningham, from New Moston, who was diagnosed with a brain tumour just days before his exams began, has been awarded five As and two Bs.

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