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http://hairyfarmerfamily.co.uk/2011/11/15/redemption

http://hairyfarmerfamily.co.uk/2010/11/08/lucky-beggar

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page. I am hoping to raise £3,000 by the end of 2012. It costs about £2,000 to keep a baby in Neonatal Intensive Care for 24 hours. Harry was there for ten days.

On the 3rd August 2007, Harry was born weighing 3lb 12oz, nearly two months prematurely and following a difficult pregnancy. He stopped breathing in the delivery room at Warwick and was fully ventilated. He was a very seriously ill baby; stabilising him enough to transfer him into an ambulance was hard and took several hours, but Harry desperately needed an Intensive Care cot. Luckily, Coventry's brand new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit had one bed left, or Harry would have had to travel to Leicester, Bristol, Oxford - or even down to the south coast. He remained was transferred out of NICU back to Warwick, where he spent another 3 weeks. He finally came home from hospital on the 2nd September - Mum and Dad's 40th wedding anniversary - weighing 4lb 12ozs.

Bliss campaign for the improvement of every aspect of neonatal care for sick and premature babies and provide wonderful help and support for parents and family.

Among the issues that Bliss campaign to highlight is that the medical staff on neonatal wards are often placed under unacceptable extra pressures because many, many units are woefully understaffed. An adult admitted to intensive care can expect one-to-one nursing, but a baby often cannot, despite having identical care needs. Staffing pressures througout the UK have generally dictated that one nurse is obliged to look after two babies, exacerbating the staff stressload and impinging on patient care. Bliss is campaigning to highlight the inequality and have this protocol overturned. They - and we - are demanding more investment into training and keeping neonatal nurses so that units will not be obliged to close to new admissions because of staffing problems, sending desperately sick babies on long, dangerous journeys to hospitals with space to admit them. If Mum has had a c-section, she is often left recovering while stranded many miles away from her newborn child, sometimes in the grim knowledge that her child may not live.

http://www.bliss.org.uk/page.asp?section=65§ionTitle=Key+campaigning+activities+and+issues

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Bliss, for babies born too soon, too small, too sick

Bliss, for babies born too soon, too small, too sick

Charity Registration No. 1002973, Registered Scottish Charity SC040878

Bliss is the UK charity for premature and sick babies. We offer guidance and information at a critical time in families' lives and we also fund ground-breaking research and campaign for babies to receive the best possible level of care regardless of when and where they are born.

Donations 74

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Apologies for tardiness after you goodly cakey efforts!

Donation by Seb on 30/11/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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My daugther's smile and my grandson Harry's laughter; worths millions to me.

Donation by Grandad on 29/11/12

Donation by Katy Wheatley on 07/11/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Love, love, love to you and your gorgeous boy.

Donation by Julie Robichaux on 05/11/12

£20.00

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Lots of love xxx

Donation by Mary Lim on 03/11/12

£20.00

Longtime reader, first time commenter. Love your blog, writing style and updates on your family.

Donation by AC Tan on 11/12/11

£10.00

Because I love your blog, and I love reading about Harry. And please can we see a picture of him as a king?

Donation by Iota on 25/11/11

A very good cause, i hope this helps with another push to your target.

Donation by Emily Lawson on 19/11/11

Just a small donation from me, but I know that every little helps

Donation by Jenny Walshaw on 17/11/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Looks like you are well on your way to your goal! As ever, wish I could give more.

Donation by Laurel on 17/11/11

Hope it helps.

Donation by E Labrum on 16/11/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Here from http://hairyfarmerfamily.co.uk/2011/11/15/redemption/

Donation by Sara Nelson on 16/11/11

£4.00

For the King himself.

Donation by Debbie Jenkinson on 16/11/11

£20.00

For the cupcakes.

Donation by May on 15/11/11

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

*Too moved to write witty sound bite here*

Donation by Womb For Improvement on 15/11/11

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Not much but hope it helps!!! Moira xx

Donation by Moira Shaw on 15/11/11

£20.00

Thank you for doing this! I have my own little miracle who spent his first 14 weeks in hospital. I'm glad to help all those other babies for his sake.

Donation by carole wilbraham on 15/11/11

£20.00

It isn't much, but I hope it helps. xox

Donation by MFA Mama on 15/11/11

Donation by Anonymous on 05/11/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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And Merry Christmas, Ann. Thank you for being a friend :)

Donation by S on 15/12/10

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Merry Christmas, Harry.

Donation by Love, F&C on 15/12/10

£65.00

+ £18.33 Gift Aid

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Had interwebs problems and couldn't donate in synch with the cake bake. Thank you for raising awareness. Your blog spreads the word.

Donation by Benedicta Makin on 02/12/10

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Late but moving fast.

Donation by Sol on 29/11/10

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

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Always late to the party!

Donation by Melissia on 18/11/10

£50.00

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Donation by Clare on 17/11/10

£5.00

+ £1.41 Gift Aid

Donation summary

  • * Online donations£1,988.00
  • Offline donations£1,262.00
  • Text donations£0.00
  • Total raised£3,250.00
  • Gift Aid£394.90

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