Laura Ellis, who often has people pointing at her, hopes the tattoo will make her life "easier".

Eva Tennent’s parents describe progress made by their daughter following spinal surgery that was cancelled seven times.

Eva Tennent's family were told her condition was inoperable following delays to her operation.

Katie Steel was woken up after being prepared for life-changing spinal surgery and told she had not had it.

Violet, 17, has now created her own book after finding a passion for drawing while in hospital.

The curvature of Eva Tennent's spine is now so severe that mum Jill Lockhart fears she will not survive.

13-year-old Shaye Armour has congenital kyphosis scoliosis and was due to undergo surgery.

Former patients of Middlesbrough's James Cook hospital reunite with the medical teams who helped them.