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Premium Content Subscriber only Margaret Freiberg has a big week ahead starting with Mother's Day and ending with retiring after almost six decades of nursing in Mackay. The mum-of-four who grew up on a Nebo cattle station credited her late mother's hard work and sacrifice for allowing her to have the career her mum was denied. Mrs Freiberg said her mum taught her children via correspondence at their property near Hail Creek before they were sent to boarding school for 11 years from age five. "Mum worked very hard; she was a kind, caring person but she used to love nothing more than a nig...

Premium Content Subscriber only Maria Martin knew life was going to be difficult with her beautiful baby girl even while she was still in utero. The Mackay mum had to temporarily relocate to Brisbane during pregnancy for a specialist medical team to closely monitored her when her daughter Stella had severe narrowing of the aorta. But three years later, the mother-daughter duo are celebrating in yellow as they mark 12 months free of surgeries with a meet-and-greet and concert with the Wiggles. "She's had three open heart surgeries in three years," Ms Martin said. "It's been a really tough...

A new mum thought it was just old milk coming out of her nipples but then the discharge started turning green. That was when 26-year-old Leah Brooking pondered whether the lump in her breast was something more than mastitis and a blocked duct. What came next would send her life into a spiral of survival. "I went to get a scan. They were like, 'Oh, this is actually quite bad'," Mrs Brooking said. "As they put the needle in and tried to drain it, it was like a really happy room and then the vibe just changed straight away. "From that moment on, it was like six different biopsies.