My story

Brooke is six years old, she has Cerebral Palsy and is wheelchair bound.

 

There is a life changing operation called Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR) which would make Brooke’s life so much better for her. It’s a special operation for children with spasticity cerebral palsy. This operation has a reported 100% success rate in its 24 year history but it is only currently available in America and more recently Bristol, however not available on our NHS.

 

We had hoped with support and contribution to raise the sum of £40,000, the amount required for the operation to take place in Bristol, unfortunately after numerous trips and a vigorous physio assessments, Brooke was deemed unsuitable by the specialist in Bristol.   Fortunately, however we now have renewed hope as we have applied directly to Dr Park and his team at St Louis, USA, and we are very pleased that they have accepted Brooke for the SDR treatment.  Dr Park and his team are confident that the operation on Brooke will be successful.

The procedure will now go ahead in November, but as you can appreciate the amount we require has risen to  £70,000 to get over to the United States, so we need your support more than ever to reach this target.

This amount will pay for her operation, pre operative and post operative care, physiotherapy and the equipment she will need afterwards.


It's heartbreaking when Brooke is left behind crying while all her sisters, brother and friends are running ahead or playing on playground equipment and Brooke just has to sit and watch. 

Please help us change Brooke's life forever.

 

 

Thank you to the Tree of Hope Children’s Charity for all their help.




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My updates 4

Merry Christmas everyone! We returned home last week from the USA & the 2 operations were a huge success & Brooke is getting on great although there is still a long way to go for us all. Our total money raised to date is £65,800. Let's give a final push in 2012 to get to 70K.

27/12/12 12:57

We have currently raised a total off £57.287.03, Brooke's operation has been successfully paid for & will go ahead on the 15th November. Thankyou so much to everyone who has got us this far, our daughters dream is so much closer now. We just need a final push to hit £70K. xx

27/09/12 22:16

As of today we are currently sitting on £22,833.02, we still have a number of pledged sponsorships to come in from March skydive and various events coming up this month so this figure will rise! Great work thank you everyone!

02/07/12 21:36

Brooke's justgiving page is standing at £6833.00 at the moment guys, which is awesome!!

28/03/12 22:09

My charity

Tree of Hope

Tree of Hope

Charity Registration No. 1149254 In Scotland SC042611

Tree of Hope offers hope to the families of sick children in the UK who need specialist medical surgery, treatment, therapy and equipment in order to free them from suffering, giving a better quality to their young lives. England & Wales 1043092 Scotland SCO4261 http://www.treeofhope.org.uk

Donations 502

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race night donation and would like my horse to be called Docklands :o)

Donation by Eddie Kitson on 20/09/12

£5.00

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Donation by Anonymous on 19/09/12

£10.00

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hope this covers the cost of 5 legged stanley plus an extra donation as we can't attend in person...have a fab night xxx

Donation by Leigh Holland on 19/09/12

£10.00

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Donation by Jan Luxton on 19/09/12

£10.00

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Donation made in regards to race sponsorship in the name of newburyfireworks.co.uk Have a great night

Donation by Terry Harding on 18/09/12

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

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Donation by Darrin Ringer on 17/09/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 17/09/12

£20.00

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Donation by Anonymous on 17/09/12

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

Donation by Cathy Welsh on 17/09/12

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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Please can i have a Horse called Maya's Miracle for Brooke's Race night , Good luck guys xxxxxlots of love Maya McRobbie and family xx

Donation by Carol McRobbie on 16/09/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Donation by Anonymous on 15/09/12

£10.00

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'To infinity and beyond!' - enjoy every moment and well done on raising money for such a good cause....Love from Scott, Becky, James and Robbie xxxx

Donation by Rebecca Kidd-Stanton on 14/09/12

£15.00

+ £3.75 Gift Aid

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Good luck Sean!! Love Faye xx

Donation by Faye Warrington on 14/09/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 14/09/12

£10.00

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Good Luck Coach! love Jess and Ben xx

Donation by jessica aung on 14/09/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Donation by Rachel Eaton on 14/09/12

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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Donation by Jo Mcguigan on 12/09/12

£10.00

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Good luck with the race night looking forward to it all the best SM DIRECT

Donation by STUART MCBURNEY on 12/09/12

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

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good luck and wishing u all the best in the USA (great nanny monica's bingo buddy)

Donation by angela atkinson on 12/09/12

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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Sean Hedges-Quinn-Enjoy every minute! (As Hayley will not). All the best for this amazing fundraiser & op. xxx

Donation by Lucy & Ashley on 11/09/12

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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Good luck Sean on Saturday we will all be thinking of you. Love The Geggs xxxxx

Donation by Linda & Paul Gegg on 11/09/12

£10.00

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Donation by Anonymous on 10/09/12

£10.00

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Donation by Letitia Cavanagh on 10/09/12

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

Donation by Paula Eden on 10/09/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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I read about Brooke in today's East Anglian, and want to wish you all good luck in reaching your target. Best wishes Emma

Donation by Emma Love on 10/09/12

£20.00

Donation summary

  • * Online donations$20,717.27
  • Offline donations$74,695.28
  • Text donations$329.71
  • Total raised$95,742.26
  • Gift Aid$3,757.74

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