That morning no one knew the devastating effect the rain would have on the city but as my daughter lay wired up to monitors and machines we watched with horror the news showing the catastrophe that was unfolding outside our own scary little world inside the hospital.

Luckily my daughter pulled through with no lasting effects of the life threatening bug and amid the chaos and disruption of the outside world the doctors and nurses provided expellent care and support to us. Their rapid response to my daughter's condition saved her life.

I would like to say a big heartfelt thank you to all the staff at the Sheffield Children's Hospital, in the A&E, the ITU dept and on the ward, who all put their own lives to one side to care for myself and my daughter Molly Webster. And also thank you again to the facilities at Tree Top house for making our stay at the hospital comfortable.

We will always remember the great flood but as we watch our daughter grow up healthy and happy we realise we were the lucky ones and for us their was a rainbow at the end of our flood.
Sally Cartwright, Fisher Lane, Darnall

What do you think? Post your comment below.

I FELT I had to reply to your article about the road in Middlewood that has now been closed for a year. As a resident of Wharncliffe Side and someone who works in Sheffield centre and has to go around the diversion every day, I agreed with everything that was said.

However you didn't mention the fact that Wharncliffe Side, Deepcar and Stocksbridge residents also have to cope with another inconvenience of the traffic lights between Wharncliffe Side and Oughtibridge which is another delay. It just begs the question, why hasn't the road there been fixed?

Once again I would definitely agree with the article that if it was the south of the city this would definitely have been repaired a long time ago and I, along with, I am sure, countless other residents, cannot understand why this part of the road has taken so long to repair. Perhaps John Mothersole or Paul Scriven would like to comment on that part of the road? Or maybe not because neither of them don't live in the part of the city that has been affected.

Maybe the residents affected by this should withold their council tax because I, for one, don't feel like the council has done us a service and they have in fact cost us more money in petrol and time.
Dawn Thompson


READ MORE
Your letters.
Today's features.
Latest sport.
Main news index.


Buy the Star tomorrow for a special reader Viewpoint on the Middlewood Road delays.