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We are raising money for the charities that helped us (Arthur‘s parents) and Arthur through his journey of childhood cancer. Without their help and support it would have been a very difficult journey. We want to help as many other families as possible to ensure their journey is as positive as it can be. 

We are wanting to donate money as evenly as possible to the charities, so if donating please try to spread it across the charities. Thank you!

Arthur’s story...

On the 25th June 2019, Arthur was 5 weeks old. We were bathing him and found a lump in his leg. We went to A&E at Carlisle and got quickly transferred to the RVI, where I handed my baby over, leaving him for the first time, with an anaesthetist 😥 for a biopsy. We then had to wait a week for results and our worst fears came true. Arthur was diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma of the soft tissue, he’s the youngest they’d ever seen with this. We had to pack up our little lives and move into the RVI. Throughout this time he’s caught numerous infection, had an unimaginable amount of scans/test, he was oxygen dependent for 6 weeks, had life changing surgery and he’s had an unbelievable 91 doses of chemotherapy. However, he’s handled it all incredibly well, amazing drs and consultant with how well he’s recovered between rounds. The lump was 100% dead when removed and he only lost part of his quadricep in the process, when they thought it could have been it all. Arthur was the smallest patient the surgeon had ever operated on, it went textbook and he avoided intensive care. He’s been extremely poorly at times, but he’s absolutely smashed it. 

Arthur is no longer an inpatient, and although he still need his end of treatment scans/tests before we get to ‘ring the bell’ (and checks until he’s an adult), this will haunt us for the rest of our lives. 

I’m so grateful for the support our family and friends have shown and making the journey to see us throughout our time there. I’ve also met incredible families on the ward, some friends for life, who have literally got us through this. But most importantly I’ll be eternally grateful for the NHS, the drs, nurses and all the other staff in the hospital who we owe everything to, for what they’ve done for us! This story would have been very different if it wasn’t for them ❤️

These charities mean so much to us. So please donate what you can. Thanks.