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Stephanie Highton raised £11,833.45 from 216 supporters
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Closed 15/06/2020
Weʼve raised £11,833 to get Babs the treatment she needs to improve her quality of life
- Funded on Monday, 15th June 2020
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Story
We desperately need your help to raise £26,000 for Babs to receive life-changing treatment which is only available in Moscow.
At the age of 34 Babs enjoyed a regular, happy life. She loved her job as a teaching assistant and had a beautiful and energetic son but suddenly, her health began to deteriorate. Her world was turned upside down and she was eventually diagnosed with the extremely rare Genetic Parkinsonian Syndrome, also known as Iron on the brain.
Her condition is rapidly worsening, she can now no longer walk or even feed herself, let alone care for her now 4-year-old son, Lawrence. That responsibility has fell on her parents, Barbara and Pete, who struggle between giving Babs the daily care she needs, bringing up Lawrence and upholding full-time jobs.
Heartbreakingly, there is no absolute cure for Babs, but there is treatment that will drastically improve the quality and length of her life. The NHS has done all they can, the last option for Babs is private treatment which is only available in Moscow.
We are desperate to raise the funds to get Babs the quality of life that she deserves. Every day we are forced to watch our friend, daughter, sister and mother fade away despite knowing this treatment exists.
There is a way to help her, but we need you.
We have been working relentlessly in our community to raise the money but unfortunately this hasn’t been enough. We need to get Babs’ story to more people!
If you could please donate what you can and share Babs story as much as possible, we can help change Babs and her family’s lives.
Updates
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- 4 years ago
Stephanie Highton
4 years agoHi everyone, we have hit well over the target of £26000. Unfortunately babs treatment options are on hold due to the pandemic. I'm closing this page down and transferring the money raised to Babs mum. Thank you all so so much for your donations
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216
Anonymous
May 4, 2020
£40.00
Anonymous
May 2, 2020
I hope this helps a little for babs
£30.00
Anonymous
Mar 29, 2020
£191.00
M&P
Mar 25, 2020
All the best for the future
£500.00
Anonymous
Mar 25, 2020
All the best for the future
Shirley murray
Mar 16, 2020
£20.00
Angela pennington
Mar 16, 2020
£20.00
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