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Weʼve raised £17,573 to Help Williams Journey
- Funded on Friday, 24th February 2017
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Is there anything worse in life than your child being ill? A cold? Chicken pocks? The occasional trip to out of hours doctors at the hospital. Ok. So you get my point Imagine weekly hospital visits, watching your 3 year old turn into a 7 year old and those visits are still, 4 years on, a regular occurance. They have infact become more frequent and draining than ever. So this brings me to a story of a kind hearted, upbeat and funny little boy named William, some of you may already follow his journey on Williams Wishing Well. This little boy gives soul to any room and has endured treatment even adults could barely cope with. A smile always rests upon his face. He was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor aged 3 and went through an intense course of chemotherapy in hope that the tumor would shrink in size. Throughout his first course of poison he lost the ability to grip with one hand and this fist remains clenched to this day, his mum has tried physio, botox and water therapy to try and help the hand to re-open but its now part of William. He even rocks a slight limp which he styles so well and never allows this to get in his way of winning on his bike or scooter! These things give William so much more character and you wont hear him moan about either. Chemotherapy did shrink his tumor initally and allowed him to be a child again for such a short time, before it again came to light that the tumor had grown. Another course of chemotherapy later, all over christmas when children should only concenrate on being children and the tumor is still growing! His mum got the dreaded news they need to travel to America for Proton treatment, this is five days a week and will be for a 3 month period. We NEED to put our hands in our pockets and ensure that money is not a worry while the family are away and have no income. I am hoping to raise enough to fund their youngest childs flights to America and pay their rent while they are away aswell as living costs out there.
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- 7 years ago
S AVERY
7 years agowow!! Nearly £15,000, love that at a time of desperate need everyone has put their heads together and given a solution to any sort of financial struggle. Love everyone's generosity & kind words & cant believe we are still receiving donations daily! Lets keep going and gemma will be providing an update on when they face the proton therapy as soon as she knows any news. Thanks again everyone xxxxxxxxxxx
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- 7 years ago
S AVERY
7 years agoso to update all of you kind hearted people that have donated to such a special little kid, after day one we were in utter shock we had hit £5000 then day two we smashed the target £10,000, & here we are on day 3 with over £12,000 raised! William and his family are so touched by your kindness and generosity & we shall continue to push the donations to exceed the target. Williams case faces a hospital panel for them to decide if his proton treatment is funded, this could be in excess of £100,000, but if we need to, we will raise it, 100%!
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472
Anonymous
Feb 24, 2017
Matthew de Silva
Feb 23, 2017
£300.00
Katie Rory
Feb 22, 2017
So sad to hear things are not going as plannedHope the funds already raised help to make life easier for you all
£30.00
Paul Grennan
Feb 22, 2017
£10.00
Christopher Lusty
Feb 22, 2017
Love you guys and sending huge love. I am so impressed with this, it is a truly fantastic thing ✊ XXxX
£20.00
Margaret Dean
Feb 20, 2017
Thinking of Willliam and his family.Maggie Dean
£20.00
Laura Roots
Feb 19, 2017
Wishing William and his family the best of luck! Well done to Wes who we sponsored for completing his 3 hour, 80 kilo sledge push! Love your friend Fyn's Auntie Laura, Uncle Mike and cousin Ruby xxx
£20.00
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