Please support my boxing match! My pain will be incidental!! I'm 51, win or lose, Daisy benefits! She's a lot tougher than me!
A friend of my Son, Daisy Wigginton 4, has been diagnosed with T-Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma, a Cancer. In late 2016, after numerous check-ups & visits for a suspicious cough, Daisy was finally found to have a tumour that was blocking her airway & a collapsed lung. None of us can probably begin to imagine being given such devastating news about one of our own children. Overnight their world fell apart. With 2 other children, the family literally dropped everything to concentrate on the one singular struggle they face. That is where you can help.
Daisy is under the expert help of Southampton Gen & St Richards Hospitals beginning a tough fight against this hideous & indiscriminate disease. Some of her care can be given at home (even some of the chemotherapy) but whilst the NHS is superbly supplying the medicine & expert help she needs, its the help that they don't supply that we are hoping to help address.
Daisy’s parents are living away from home as Daisy is in hospital 40 miles away receiving Chemotherapy and steroids as well as other drugs. They have a 5 yo and an 8 wk old baby & are unable to work as one of them has to stay by her side day and night.
Daisy’s family & friends are giving their all to make sure that Daisy beats this disease. Daisy should be living like any other child of her age but is in bed, wobbly, unwell & tired. All a huge contrast from the child that she was; she loved being on her bike or playing with her sisters but now has lost all interest. we remember Daisy & Howard, our son, haring around Wittering Beach together!
The ultimate aim is to get Daisy better, help her through the 2.5 year treatment plan & get back that infectious smile. Ideally she will spend time at home but to do that she will need a special walker, a specialist bed, temperature readers, BP monitor, & a myriad of other medical equipment.