Generous Bradford folk have rallied around the family of a grandmother fighting for her life in a Tokyo hospital.

The family of Janet Rylance, 55, of Wibsey, issued a desperate plea for help in Monday's Telegraph & Argus, after the mother-of-six collapsed at Tokyo airport suffering from blood clots on the brain.

Mrs Rylance was making an overnight stop in Tokyo while returning from an emotional visit to see relatives in Australia when her nightmare began.

She was rushed to a Narita Red Cross hospital suffering from three blood clots on her brain.

Back in Bradford, the first Mrs Rylance's family heard of the drama was a fax message from surgeons at the hospital asking for permission to carry out an emergency operation. Mrs Rylance's eldest daughter Susan Bailey rushed to be at her mother's bedside but is now finding the financial burden of staying in Japan impossible.

When Susan first arrived the expense of food, telephone calls and hotel bills was costing the family £100 a day but following Monday's appeal offers of help have been flooding in to the family.

The family have already received around £220 in donations and been loaned a fax machine to cut the costs of sending messages to Japan.

Speaking from his Bradford home Janet's son-in-law, David Blamires, said: "We've had quite a few offers of financial help. It's been a good response.

"The people of Bradford have been brilliant. They are the best people in the world for digging into their pockets and helping other people when they have got problems. We're really grateful.

Mr Blamires said Mrs Rylance was making progress and he was praying that if it continued she would soon be out of danger. Speaking from Japan Susan Bailey said: "She's talking a bit today and she's looking a little better - but she's still pretty critical."

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