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Weʼve raised £1,767 to Buy play equipment for ward L50's (childrens transplant ward) play room and the dialysis unit
- Leeds, UK
- Funded on Thursday, 22nd October 2020
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My child is called Clara and she is 16 months old. On 31st May she was diagnosed with kidney cancer and has since had chemotherapy, radiotherapy and one of her kidneys removed. Her other kidney is now failing and she is currently staying on Ward 50 at Leeds general infirmary. She will need a transplant but she faces quite a wait before she is able to get her much needed transplant because she has to be 2 years cancer free before she is eligible.
During that time she will spend a lot of time on the ward and will face 5 days a week of dialysis in the hospital. We have already spent nearly half of Clara's short life in hospital. Throughout her stays one of the most important things for us is to ensure that Clara has normality and one of the best ways to do that is through play.
Unfortunately due to a lack of funds the ward 50 play room is lacking the types of toys that Clara and many other children enjoy. Our aim is to raise enough funds to fully revamp the play area and also provide a small pool of funding so that the play team are able to buy items for play activities to help the children who are on this ward as and when they are needed or requested. This would have a massive effect on all the children on this ward, but especially so for Clara who enjoys sensory toys, something the ward is really lacking. Any donations would be absolutely amazing and would help us to achieve our goal!
Our original intention was to revamp the play room and make it a bit more friendly, but just after we set the page up we found out they were rebuilding the hospital so instead all funds will be used to buy exciting play equipment for activities and sessions on ward L50 and the dialysis unit.
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- 5 years ago
Eleanor Clayden
5 years agoJust a little update, we've been terrible at posting on here. It's been nearly a year since Clara started having dialysis, and today marks a year since her longest hospital stay started on ward L50. She is doing amazingly well with all the support from the staff at LGI and is walking! She loves coming to dialysis to see her favourite play team members and is especially enjoying baking at the minute! Here's a picture of her just after her birthday in the tent the play staff got her for her birthday 😂🎉
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- 5 years ago
Eleanor Clayden
5 years agoIt's been a long time since we've had an update on here! We are home at last and have been for around a month now! Claras cancer treatment has ended so now we attend dialysis 3 times a week until she gets a transplant in 2 years time. :) Here's a picture of Clara with Claire one of the play staff on the Dialysis Unit playing with glitter and beads!
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- 5 years ago
Eleanor Clayden
5 years agoJust a couple of the deliveries we raised money for! 😍
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64
Anonymous
Dec 13, 2019
Yalda Yazarlou
Dec 11, 2019
hope you meet your target!
£5.00
Violet Vaughan
Sep 23, 2019
So important that children have the best area, to aid their recovery . A worthy cause.
£20.00
Anonymous
Sep 23, 2019
Mueen Abrar
Sep 23, 2019
Fantastic ward and the play leaders are always there to help the children with fun activities.
£100.00
Helen Neilson
Sep 22, 2019
£10.00
Lynda Caskie
Sep 22, 2019
Tha amazing work,time and enjoyment you give to both the child and the parents is imeasurable.
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Eleanor Clayden
Leeds, UK
My daughter has cancer and kidney failure, she will need a kidney transplant and will spend much of her life on the ward that I am raising funds for.