A MUM has raised £2,000 to thank the charity which helped her and her husband after the loss of their daughter at 15 weeks due to a rare genetic condition.

Kerryann Marshall, who works at the Ravelston House Hotel in Musselburgh, lost her daughter Aurora to Patau’s syndrome – or trisomy 13 – which severely disrupts normal development and often results in miscarriage, stillbirth or the baby dying shortly after birth.

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Kerryann wanted to help the charity Held in Our Hearts, which supported her, and, along with her mum Gaileen MacKinnon, she organised a UV glow party at the Wiremill Social Club to raise funds for the charity.

Kerryann said: “The charity event at the Wiremill was a huge success. We raised an amazing £1,992.28 and then a very kind person gave us the extra to raise us up to £2,000.

“I cried when I heard the total amount and I am so overwhelmed with everyone’s kindness and generosity.”

She lives in Edinburgh with her husband, Andrew – originally from the Stoneybank area of Musselburgh and a former pupil of Campie Primary and Musselburgh Grammar Schools – and their three children.