I was born on Friday 16 April 2010 and on Saturday 11 December, just eight months old, I was admitted to Leighton Hospital, Crewe feeling very poorly and with a temperature of 40 degrees. After being diagnosed with tonsillitis I was sent home. The next day, Sunday 12 December, my Mummy and Daddy took me back to hospital as I had started to feel even more poorly. As it turned out, I was so ill that even the doctors and nurses at Leighton Hospital couldn’t help me and I had to be transferred to the intensive care unit at Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool. At the time the doctors thought I had something called ‘Strep A’ but it later turned out I also had Swine Flu. However, it wasn’t as simple as putting me in an ambulance and sending me to Alder Hey as my little body had gone into ‘Toxic Shock’ and was in the process of shutting down completely. A specialist team from the North West Transport Service (NWTS) had to be called in at 4am in the morning and it took them nearly ten hours to stablise me and prepare me for the journey to Liverpool. The NWTS was only set up in November 2010 and is made up of a dedicated team of paediatricians, doctors and nurses who transport very ill children throughout the North of England and Wales to specialist hospitals like Alder Hey. There is no doubt that these wonderful people, along with the doctors and nurses of the Alder Hey Intensive Care unit saved my life and I shall always be grateful to them. The bed that was used to transfer me was like a ‘high-tech pod on wheels’ and each one of these costs around £60,000. The breathing machine alone, which is part of the bed, costs £20,000. On top of this, I’ve since found out that it costs around ‘£2,500 a day’ for a child to be treated in the Intensive Care unit and I was looked after in there for 10 days. My Mummy has spoken to the NWTS team to thank them for saving my life and to see what we can do to help fund this new service. They need a breathing machine for one of the beds and they want to expand their service to include training for doctors and nurses in hospitals around the North West in how to deal with poorly children who go into hospital with my symptoms. They need training ‘Manikins’ to carry out this work, but only have one at the moment and they each cost around £28,000. So, my first goal is to raise £20,000 for a breathing machine and with the help of all my family and friends we aim to achieve this within 12 months. Thank you for all your help in supporting me to reach my goal for this fantastic cause and I’ll keep you updated on the progress of our fund-raising. All my love, Sienna Lilly x
Raised so far: £4,648.01
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Donation by claire sumner on 09/12/11 |
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Sorry its late Dude but very well done!! At least youve got Xmas to pile the pounds back on! Donation by Paul Horan on 07/12/11 |
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Well done Mark! Donation by EMMA JACKSON on 07/12/11 |
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Well done Mark! Donation by Mike Blakeman on 06/12/11 |
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Well Done Dougy you are our hero From The Walls xxxx Donation by Clare Wall on 06/12/11 |
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Nice one Duggie, great effort. Are you still aching now ? Donation by Rich, Alison and Lucia O'Brien on 04/12/11 |
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Well done Guys!! Donation by Nick Mathers on 01/12/11 |
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Well done on completing the run Jane & Russ (Auntie) Donation by JANE ROBERTS on 30/11/11 |
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Donation by Callum Lawton on 30/11/11 |
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Donation by andy stark on 29/11/11 |
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Donation by Janet Gregory on 27/11/11 |
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Good luck Adam Reaper. Love Judith and Patrick Donation by William Patrick Rutter on 26/11/11 |
£50.00 + £12.50 Gift Aid |
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Good luck John! Donation by patricia haddock on 25/11/11 |
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All the very very best! Donation by Robert Hastie on 25/11/11 |
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Donation by Anonymous on 25/11/11 |
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Good luck chaps!! Cant wait to see the pictures.. Donation by Mette & Dion Buchtrup on 25/11/11 |
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Good Luck John! We will be thinking of you! Love from Chez Ian Emelia Viv and Tilly xxx Donation by Cheryl Mcclelland on 25/11/11 |
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Good luck...and no you can't have a day off on Monday because you are worn out! Donation by Jens Penny on 25/11/11 |
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Throwing super amounts of luck!!! Try to have fun, keep strong, you'll all be ace!!! x Donation by Laura Bennett on 25/11/11 |
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Have fun! We need photographic proof that you crawl across the line crying like babies too... Donation by Matt Rutter on 25/11/11 |
£50.00 + £12.50 Gift Aid |
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Good luck guys, for this fantastic cause. Donation by Mary Wilson on 24/11/11 |
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Good luck. Look after your knees! x Donation by Eila Birtwistle on 23/11/11 |
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Good luck - hope the sun shines! Donation by Lou, John, Noah and Anya xxxx on 23/11/11 |
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How shameful am I, I wish I had more money on my card at the time! Run like the wind Jonny :) proud sister x Donation by Harriet Paul on 22/11/11 |
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love you mum x Donation by Linda Paul on 22/11/11 |
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| * Total raised online: | £4,149.01 |
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| Offline donations: | £499.00 |
| Mobile donations: | £0.00 |
| Total Raised: | £4,648.01 |
| Gift Aid plus supplement: | £456.25 |
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