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Iʼve raised £4,928 to Help fund a downstairs disabled access bedroom and bathroom extension
- Maltby Rotherham
- Funded on Saturday, 30th November 2019
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My 8 year old daughter was diagnosed in 2017 with a brain tumour is was partially removed during an 14 hour operation. Emma quickly recovered from the operation. 6 months on and the tomour began to grow again, within weeks Emma was really poorly and was back in hospital to have it operated on again. The operation this time took 18 hours but again the tumour was only partially removed. Emma stayed sedated for 3 days until the decision was taken to operate and try again to remove the tumour,this operation was sucessfull, Emma remained sedated for a further 6 days. After being brought round it was soon realised Emma had many other problems which have been caused from where the tumour was in the brain. Emma now has a thrachyostomy, needs oxygen and is ventilator at night, Emma is tube fed due to not having a swallow. We do not know what the future holds for Emma we just take each day as it comes. Emma has to have 24/7 waking care which means someone has to sit with her and watch her 24 hours a day. For us to get the night carers that she needs Emma has to have her own bedroom which we do not have,we have 5 children so it is impossible for Emma to have her own room. Emma for the last 5 months has had her hospital bed in our living room,which for any 10 year old is not ideal as she has no privacy. We have applied for help with the extension but have been told that the grant will not cover all of the building costs, we will need to contribute in the region of £30,000. We are trying everything we can to raise the funds ready for the build to get Emma her own space and privacy whilst having the room for the carers for Emma to be safe. Emma and her 2 sisters have VHL which is what has caused Emma to have the brain tumour. VHL is a rare disease and Emma is one of the youngest people to have had a hemangioblastoma tumour.
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- 5 years ago
Tammy Thompson
5 years agoExtension is all finished and Emma is in her new room. Outside is well on its way to be finished. Thankyou to everyone that made this all possible.
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- 5 years ago
Tammy Thompson
5 years agoWe nearly have a full roof.
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- 5 years ago
Tammy Thompson
5 years agoOur build is under way. Hopefully complete in time for Christmas. Thankyou to everyone for there amazing generosity for making this possible.
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168
Anonymous
Sep 11, 2019
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£2.00
Pat & Jacqui Bowen
Sep 7, 2019
Well done Col. Great effort for a very worthy cause. Best wishes for Tammy and her family.
£20.00
Andy Nevett
Sep 4, 2019
Colin - Ben Nevis
£20.00
Oliver Brown
Sep 2, 2019
Well done!!
£10.00
Anonymous
Sep 1, 2019
Well done Col for climbing Ben Nevis,
Abbie Harrop
Aug 30, 2019
Well done Colin & Andy!
£10.00
Graham Cassidy
Aug 28, 2019
Good luck with this project
£30.00
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