A Beautiful Life
In memory of: Abbie Mifsud
£24,821.72 raised of £25,000.00 target
333 donations
My Target:
£25,000.00
£24,821.72 raised so far
How to make a donation
Donate online at - www.justgiving.com/AbbieMifsud1
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By text message to donate £10 Text ARMY60 £10
to 70070
My story
Visit Abbie's new website at www.abbiesarmy.co.uk
Please text ARMY60 with your amount to 70070
Our story begins on April 13th, 2011 the day our whole existance was turned upside down. Abbie our darling 6 year old daughter had been unwell in that she was a little lacking in energy and seemed to have trouble controlling her eyes...our feeling was that perhaps she was diabetic and needed an opticians appointment, how wrong could we have been?...
A visit to the doctor lead to an urgent appointment with a consultant paediatrician at our local hospital, who revealed that they suspected and were investigating the presence of a brain tumour. A later MRI scan showed a mass in her brainstem and their suspicions were confirmed.
Abbie was diagnosed with a rare, incurable and inoperable Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, the only standard treatment for which is palliative radiotherapy. Over the course of the next two months Abbie endured and battled through her treatment at The Royal Marsden Hospital in Sutton,Surrey, the care received was exceptional.
Abbie recovered enough to enjoy one last holiday, we took a cottage in Dorset which I had taken with her religiously (almost!!) every summer for the last 3 years...we loved it there so much only this time grandparents and aunties and uncles came to. She was a little tired and for us it had a totally different relevance to those previous visits but Abbie had fun, the weather was great and there was plenty of wave jumping and swimming going on!
To be delivered the death sentence that is DIPG for your child is surely the cruellest and most harrowing experience that any parent should have to face. At times the emotional strain is completely overwhelming and yet we paint on a smile as if all is normal for our amazing children. Abbie only ever believed that she would be well again and all she would speak of the whole time would be getting back to school with her friends where she belonged.
DIPG affects upto 40 children per year in the UK with an age range of between 5-10 years . It is extremely agressive with a median survival rate of between 9-12 months. We had exactly 5 months to the day from when Abbie was diagnosed, we managed to get her home from the hospital for one last night of cuddles in familiar surroundings with her family around her, and sadly she slipped away in our arms the following morning on Sept 13th 2011.
We are supporting Nottingham University's Childrens Brain Tumour Research Centre as we made contact with Professor David Walker initially... and although we could be offered no hope for our gorgeous girl their vital research will hopefully bring forth much needed advancements in the treatment of this universally fatal tumour and other paediatric brain cancers. She was our whole world. No parent ever wants to hear that there is no cure and no hope and they should never have to.....
Abbie's Mummy & Daddy. Forever 6 in our hearts.
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My charity
University of Nottingham - Children's Brain Tumour Research
Charity Registration No. exempt
The University of Nottingham set up the Children’s Brain Tumour Research Centre in 1997 in response to the fact childhood tumours do not receive major research funds. The Centre has now begun a research programme to find out more about these fatal tumours so that far less damaging treatments can be developed.
Donations 333
Thanks to everyone at my Sat fundraiser party night for Abbie's Army! To all who donated prizes & bought wristbands..you're fab ! xx
Donation by Becci Johnson xxx on 22/05/12
£105.00
+ £26.25 Gift Aid
Raffle collection received from Leanne on Sun 20th on behalf of her Slimming World Group at Daventry Rugby Club . Thanks so much ladies xxx
Donation by Leanne & Slimming World Daventry on 22/05/12
£70.00
Donation by Anonymous on 15/05/12
£1,000.00
+ £250.00 Gift Aid
Wristband sales at Ashford GC - Thank you x
Donation by Amanda Walker on 13/05/12
£3.00
+ £0.75 Gift Aid
Donation by Alexandra Abel on 05/05/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Donation by Amy Gallagher on 01/05/12
£5.00
Donation by Peter Grant on 01/05/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Donation by tom muchmore on 01/05/12
£17.00
+ £4.25 Gift Aid
Collected from wristband sales at Bridge House nursery in Ashford. Massive thanks to everyone who bought!
Donation by Amanda Walker on 28/04/12
£57.10
+ £14.28 Gift Aid
Collection of shiny 5p's from us all with all our love xxxxxxxx
Donation by janette sulllivan on 27/04/12
£30.00
+ £7.50 Gift Aid
Wristband sales at Daventry Town FC - thanks so much guys, see you 20th May for the Manchester Utd Legends game xx
Donation by Louise Kilshaw on 22/04/12
£26.00
+ £6.50 Gift Aid
Happy to donate to this very worthy cause, good luck to Lou & Ade and all of Abbies Army, hope you get your cure Love Dave & Tracy Morris xx
Donation by Louise Kilshaw on 22/04/12
£30.00
+ £7.50 Gift Aid
XxxxX
Donation by Rebecca Dolby on 18/04/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
To all who supported the Army on Easter Sunday at the William Harvey Inn THANK YOU for joining our fight for cure and the AMAZING amount raised x
Donation by Steve,Sue & Customers at WH Inn on 14/04/12
£1,237.34
Good luck with the fundraising target
Donation by Keith Hewitt - Scotia Bearings on 11/04/12
£50.00
+ £12.50 Gift Aid
Thanks to all who bought our Army wristbands, monies collected by Michelle Baird who I met on Sunday...Thanks for helping Michelle you're a star! xx
Donation by Abbie's Mummy on 10/04/12
£37.55
+ £9.39 Gift Aid
Wristband sales by Sue Fox..many thanks for selling in memory of our darling girl xx
Donation by Sue Fox on 05/04/12
£45.00
+ £11.25 Gift Aid
More wristbands sold by Ed & Lena..you're amazing thank you xx
Donation by Amanda Walker on 01/04/12
£30.00
+ £7.50 Gift Aid
Kindly received from Richard at Half a Sixpence at Evegate. Great shop & lovely man! Thankyou so much
Donation by Richard on 31/03/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Wristband sales.. to our dear friends Ed & Lena who sold and to all in Snodland who bought THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! Reallty appreciated xx
Donation by Amanda Walker on 21/03/12
£80.00
+ £20.00 Gift Aid
what a tragic loss such a beautiful little girl, a small contribution to help such a big cause hope you reach your target. megan trott
Donation by megan trott on 17/03/12
Heartfelt wishes to you for your charity work.
Donation by Matt on 12/03/12
£25.00
+ £6.25 Gift Aid
We saw your army yesterday at the March-well done guys. Buying four wristbands
Donation by Zara Wright on 12/03/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
For the wrist bands. Hope that you are flying high Abbie.xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Donation by Janine Hardwick on 10/03/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Best wishes and Good Luck with your Charity work from all at Atlantic Industrials. Great Cause!!
Donation by Atlantic Industrials on 09/03/12
£50.00
+ £12.50 Gift Aid
Donation summary
- * Online donations£23,490.72
- Offline donations£1,321.00
- Text donations£10.00
- Total raised£24,821.72
- Gift Aid£3,636.55
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