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Closed 03/07/2018
Weʼve raised £410 to The Keep Me Close Campaign (I'm sky diving!) which aims to provide new accommodation for the Dads of babies that are cared for on the ward.
- Funded on Tuesday, 3rd July 2018
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Baby Jessica was born with pneumonia which resulted in her having to be kept in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Derriford Hospital as she was classed as Highly Dependant.
This charity aims to produce new accommodation for the parents and more importantly the Fathers. Currently Dads are not permitted to stay overnight which was a real concern for my partner Jorja with a huge fear of Hospitals and massively frustrating for me having to travel back and forth from home to make sure that not so little Jessica is improving, which she has been!
The Keep me Close campaign is aimed at providing new and improved parental accommodation for the parents of babies we care for on the ward. Because of the nature of the babies we care for, the parents of the babies are encouraged to remain close by as, sadly, the lives of their children hang in the balance and we always want to ensure they are close by if we need to obtain approval for some treatment or in the worst cases, so that they can be with their babies in their final moments. During the time a baby is on the ward, we house as many parents as possible in our on-site accommodation. This is generally reserved for those parents who did not live in Plymouth so that they did not have a long travel in case they had to be involved in their baby's treatment or discussions with the medical professionals. As you can imagine on an Intensive Care Unit, conditions can worsen very quickly. Currently we are only able to house four sets of parents.
It has long been the dream of the hospital staff to provide better accommodation for the parents of the babies they care for and to provide a greater number of rooms to enable all “out of area” parents to remain on site for the duration of their baby’s care. These parents are dealing with an incredibly stressful time and creating a "home from home" would really help to take away a small amount of this stress by enabling life to remain as normal as possible under the circumstances.
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S Rider
Mar 6, 2018
Great idea Joe, well done, it’s a great scheme and a testomy to the wonderful support that Jessica has been given. We are delighted that she has progressed so quickly.Brave Boy!! Nanna & Grandad xx
£100.00
Amber Thomas
Mar 5, 2018
Marcus Armitage
Mar 5, 2018
£20.00
Jack Green
Mar 5, 2018
Hope you reach the target mate! Always willing to help. 👍🏽
£20.00
Laura
Mar 5, 2018
Good luck with the campaign you three :) With love from Laura and Steve.
Julian Thomas
Mar 5, 2018
Good luck!
Jenny Davis
Mar 5, 2018
Such a good cause joe.xx
£10.00
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