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Emilie's page
Event: Chippenham Half Marathon 2010 on 12/09/2010
£1,560.00 raised of £2,000.00 target
34 donations
My Target:
£2,000.00
£1,560.00 raised so far
How to make a donation
Donate online at - www.justgiving.com/Emilieprior
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My story
Heading to work on Saturday 24 October 2009, I never in a million years expected that later that afternoon I would be sitting face-to-face with a senior consultant in a cubicle at the Royal United Hospital in Bath listening to the words ‘your dad is catastrophically ill, we must take him to theatre immediately. You should say your goodbyes to him now, we haven’t got time to spare.’
In the company of great friends, Mum, George and I were then to spend the longest, most painful eight hours of our lives in the waiting room of intensive care jumping at any sound, perhaps the footsteps of the life saving anaesthetist bringing the latest updates from theatre. Finally at about 2am Dad was wheeled into ITU having survived, against all odds, the operation to ‘replumb’ his abdominal aortic aneurysm. Next he had to keep fighting to give his vital organs the chance to begin functioning again. He was fully sedated, unable to breathe for himself or communicate in any way.Over the rollercoaster 10 days that followed the doctors and nurses worked a miracle, forever chasing the 1 in 100 chance of survival that dad was given. We were instructed to take things hour by hour, then day by day, the thought of life without dad unimaginable, the words ‘brain damaged’ unbearable but the support of every nurse whether it be a 4am phone call or an evening visit to find the nurse singing along to the Beatles gave us the strength to keep going. Remembering the line ‘he is on every type of life support we have’, typical, dad isn’t a man to do things by halves!
There were times when our hope wore thin, but the incredible work of the ITU team gave us the moment dads eyes fluttered as we kissed him goodbye, before he moved a finger attempting to squeeze our hand and then the miraculous day that we arrived to find him awake, ‘talking b*****ks’...
Although unable to thank these wonderful people sufficiently, I thought I’d make a start and enter this half-marathon. I am asking you all kindly if you would mind donating whatever you can so that we can give something back to the Intensive Care Unit to help others...
My gallery 2
My charity
The Forever Friends Appeal
Charity Registration No. 1058323
The Forever Friends Appeal at the Royal United Hospital Bath, raises funds for all wards & departments of the RUH, with a primary focus on its current campaign - to raise £5 million towards the build of a pioneering new Cancer Centre which will tranform care for patients and their families.
Donations 34
Well done Emilie - Sorry we missed the event hope you have now recovered and are back in training for the next one! Les and Don xx
Donation by Lesley Jones on 05/10/10
£50.00
+ £14.10 Gift Aid
Good Luck Em - We'll be with you in thought! Dad will be very proud of you - a fantastic gesture. Love Anne, Keith and Adam xxx
Donation by KEITH SPRULES on 20/09/10
Donation by Kate Langley on 14/09/10
£20.00
+ £5.64 Gift Aid
Good Luck Emilie! Richard, Jane, Henry & William
Donation by Jane Rees on 14/09/10
£20.00
+ £5.64 Gift Aid
Hi Em, Go girl, I'm sure you'll do fine. Good luck , love to all Lori, Martin and Tobydog xx
Donation by Lorraine Hunter on 12/09/10
£20.00
+ £5.64 Gift Aid
Good Luck Emilie! We'll be thinking of you. Love Hilary, Dave, Tim and Jenny xx
Donation by Hilary Coates on 11/09/10
£10.00
+ £2.82 Gift Aid
Go for it Em - we'll be there cheering you on! Don't stop at the tap!! Love Jane, Joni and Edward
Donation by Jane Phippen on 11/09/10
£20.00
+ £5.64 Gift Aid
I know you can do it & just think of the roast dinner at the end of it !!!! Kate, Iain, Josh, Emily & Fin x
Donation by kate brumpton on 11/09/10
£10.00
Lots of love X
Donation by liv kyte on 11/09/10
Way to go! You will do brilliantly!! Donna x
Donation by Donna Hicks on 10/09/10
£10.00
+ £2.82 Gift Aid
Its a day I'll never forget either! Well done Em, we're very proud of you and I'll be there cheering you on
Donation by Love Mo and Paul xxxxx on 07/09/10
Well done Emilie , But keep taking the Pills Bob.
Donation by David Peek on 06/09/10
Well done Em, you go girl!xxxx
Donation by Lucienne Hughes on 06/09/10
£10.00
+ £2.82 Gift Aid
Go girl. You are doing a great thing - well done! xx
Donation by Nikki, Nigel, Emma, Eddie & Elliot on 06/09/10
£50.00
+ £14.10 Gift Aid
Dear Em - our tower of strength throughout - really proud of you. Lots of love and luck, Mum xx
Donation by Wendy Prior on 06/09/10
£50.00
+ £14.10 Gift Aid
Good Luck!! xxx
Donation by Joanna Mitchelmore on 05/09/10
£10.00
Good luck Em - I hope it goes well!
Donation by Tom Morison on 05/09/10
£10.00
+ £2.82 Gift Aid
Em Good Luck. We are all very proud of you. Love Jane, Mark, Jamie and Sam xxxx
Donation by Jane Humphreys on 23/08/10
Donation by Harry Williams on 03/08/10
£5.00
+ £1.41 Gift Aid
Good luck Em! Can't wait to see you later this month. Love to you all always. xxx
Donation by Kate Young on 02/08/10
£20.00
+ £5.64 Gift Aid
Good luck shmem! Farms x
Donation by Darren Luton on 30/07/10
£60.00
+ £16.92 Gift Aid
Best wishes to Bob & your family
Donation by Stephen Ridgeway on 23/07/10
£22.00
+ £6.21 Gift Aid
Well done and all the best when you run. Your Dad is worth the effort! John Stewart
Donation by John Stewart on 23/07/10
£20.00
+ £5.64 Gift Aid
Good luck, all in a good cause. Bob's a fantastic guy. xx
Donation by Nikki Simmons on 23/07/10
£20.00
+ £5.64 Gift Aid
Having had the help of RUH myself recently I cannot think of a more worth while cause - well done Em and good luck.
Donation by Paul Blower 22/07/10 on 22/07/10
£50.00
+ £14.10 Gift Aid
Donation summary
- * Online donations£1,142.00
- Offline donations£418.00
- Text donations£0.00
- Total raised£1,560.00
- Gift Aid£299.54
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