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Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.
Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.
So please dig deep and donate now.
For Every £1 Donated, 70p Goes Directly To The hospital.
Just £3 a month (or 10p a day) will make a big difference to the children and families of Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Here Is How I Plan To Raise Money,
The DJ Part
3rd June 2011 - 12pm On Ustream.com (search for GOSH Mix Marathon)
Hi i am Dean Hudson a local DJ & I am attempting to raise money for ‘Great Ormond Street Hospital’. I will DJ mix for as long as I possibly can with no rest or sleep for at least 48 hours. After the 48 hours I will then be entitled to a 5 min rest for every hour I do. I will be streaming the whole event live over the Internet so you can listen & watch via my webcam & there will also be a chat room so you can interact with me during the fundraiser for request’s & shout out’s etc. I will also be giving away prizes with online competitions.
The Reason
The idea came from a discussion i had with friend’s to see how long I could DJ for & after putting some thought into it i came up with the idea of raising money for charity why I do it. I looked into doing a charity event for ‘Children In Need’ & then came across ths website (Just Giving) where you could set up your own webpage & choose a charity you would like to raise money for. Being a parent of 2 & with 1 on the way I decided on ‘Great Ormond street Hospital’. Since then I have been reading up on how the money I raise will help & just £3 a month (or 10p a day) will make a big difference to the children & families of ’Great Ormond Street Hospital’
My target is to raise £1000 & i know after the 48 hours it will start to get tough but I am determined to reach my target, so please dig deep as this is for a great coarse.
The money so generously donated You is used to fund the redevelopment programme, research into childhood diseases, specialist equipment and new patient, family and staff accommodation.
£3 a month can help to fund special family accommodation
£5 a month could buy a special neonatal mask, small and delicate enough to fit a new baby’s face
£10 per month could contribute to the building cost for our new Heart and Lung Centre.
Here's A Few Story's To Remind Us Why Our Donations Are So Important.
Oliver
By Oliver’s parents, Anna and Bryan
“Our beloved baby boy Oliver was admitted to Great Ormond Street Hospital on 16 February 2007 at just four weeks old.
"An irregular heartbeat was detected during
labour, but after several checks we were told all was OK and to return in one month.
“We were then catapulted into a world of terror. Oliver is our first child, and we were
completely unaware of how close we had come to losing him.
“He was diagnosed with acute tachycardia and arrhythmias resulting in cardiac collapse. He required Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) care to allow his distended heart to rest, thus allowing treatment of the underlying condition.
Going from strength to strength
“We are ecstatic to report that Oliver goes from strength to strength under the watchful eye of Dr Phillip Rees’ outpatient care. Dr Rees is an inspiration. We remain eternally grateful to Great Ormond Street Hospital and its incredible staff, who continually go far beyond the call of duty, both for the patients and parents alike.
“Their dedication and professionalism is difficult to adequately describe in print. Suffice to say that we feel incredibly humble and remain in complete awe. It really is no exaggeration to state that the hospital provides some of the best medical care in the world.”
Lara
By Lara’s mum, Julie
“Shortly after our beautiful daughter Lara was born she fell into a coma. She was diagnosed with a life-threatening metabolic disorder, Methylmalonic Acidemia (MMA).
"It means Lara’s body cannot properly process the protein it takes in and turns it into damaging toxins.
Returning to the UK
"We returned to the UK, as we were living in Portugal, and found Professor James Leonard (now retired) at Great Ormond Street Hospital. This happened just in time, as in the summer of 2003 Lara suddenly stopped eating. Her body started using up its own protein stores so she also became dangerously acidic.
Finding a rare treatment
"At one point we were told she probably wouldn’t make it through the night – the most harrowing time of our lives. However, Professor Leonard came up with a rare treatment and very slowly she began to recover.
"Lara is able to maintain as normal a life as possible with the help of Great Ormond Street Hospital. She owes her life to the hospital and staff, and without them we would not have our joyous little girl who touches the heart of everyone she meets.”
Georgia
By Georgia’s mum, Linda
Georgia was born with spina bifida, hydrocephalus [water on the brain] and a congenital hand abnormality.
On the day Georgia was born
"She was admitted to Great Ormond Street
Hospital on the day she was born and had her
first operation – to close the myelomeningocele [where the backbone and spinal canal haven’t closed] on her back - the following day.
"We had expected to be in the hospital for a number of weeks but she made such good
progress we were home within 10 days.
Just before Georgia's first birthday
"In spring 1999, shortly before her first birthday, Georgia had the first operation on her hands by Mr Paul Smith. She was born with five fingers on each hand but without opposable thumbs. This would have made it very difficult to do many everyday tasks.
"This first operation was to fuse a weak joint in the ‘thumb’ on the left hand and to create a thumb from the first finger on the right hand.
"In 2000 a thumb was created on her left hand. This was a much more complicated operation, involving tendon transfers and a skin graft. Once again it was very successful and although Georgia sometimes uses her hands differently, there doesn’t seem to be much she can’t do.
Playing the piano and recorder
She is even learning to play the piano and recorder, which wouldn’t have been easy without these operations.
Regular visitors to the hospital
"In the past couple of years she has had some urology surgery and still needs to have some minor procedures in urology and orthopaedics so we have once again become regular visitors to Great Ormond Street Hospital.
"Having a child stay in hospital is always stressful but it’s great to be able to stay at the hospital and facilities for parents have improved since Georgia’s first admission 10 years ago. During our times at the hospital we have received excellent care from the doctors and nursing staff."