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Weʼre raising £3,000 to Dean is a 16 year old boy needing to go Florida for treatment to cure his astrocytoma grade 2. This page is to help with living costs.
- Oldham, UK
- 12 days to go
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Dean is a 16 year old boy who has recently undergone several operations to cure his tectal plate glioma (Brain Tumour). He and his family went to the specialist in Manchester to receive Dean's test results only to be told the news that Dean now has a GRADE 2 Astrocytoma.
Dean now has to undergo further treatment in Florida to help remove the cells that are now growing on Dean's brain stems, which can turn aggressive at any point in time.
This page is set up as the hospital are kindly paying for the treatment and for Dean's flight and only one parent (his mum) to go with him. Both Dean and his mum will have to be in Florida for 9 weeks whilst Dean receives his treatment. Whilst out there, they have to pay for all living costs which is extremely expensive (especially when you have a teenager).
All donations will be greatly received and a Facebook page will be set up to update everyone of Dean's progress. Any monies that are left over will be donated to Chrisities
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3 months agoVicki Jenkins
3 months agoupdate on dean..... he was admitted to hospital 12 days ago with an infection in his stomach from the shunt and a build up of fluid on the brain which caused him to end up in another coma. After 2 operations the fluid issue has been resloved and a new shunt been put in. after 5 days he was out of a coma but had problems coming round.He is having trouble talking and moving his arms and legs he is now begining to slowly move and today has finally tried to eat some food.I will update more in a few days, thank you to everyone for all the support x
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- 4 months ago
Vicki Jenkins
4 months agoHi guys, just a brief update on dean last week he underwent 3 different operations at salford royal due to his shunt being blocked and caused a build up of fluid on his brain after spending a week in hospital dean is now back at home and on a slow road to recovery x
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- 4 months ago
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4 months ago
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Kelly Buckley
May 17, 2018
Big thanks to every friend and family member for donating and having a go on the name card to raise funds for dean. A special thank you to the winner Thomas knight for donating his winnings ⭐️⭐️⭐️
£500.00
paul jordan
May 14, 2018
Best wishes to Dean on a speedy recovery
£10.00
Lindsay bowes
May 11, 2018
Hope this helps
£10.00
Ant Hannah
May 7, 2018
£20.00
bridget mackie
May 7, 2018
an amazing young man and of course his supportive family....
JEFF O'GRADY
May 3, 2018
£30.00
Lois Buckley
May 3, 2018
I’m sorry I’m late donating, I’ve been sharing this like mad and it’s on my IG too. Hopefully reach your target soon 🤞🏻🇺🇸 sending lots of love to you all, especially you dean ❤️💪🏻 X
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Vicki Jenkins
Oldham, UK
Dean's brain tumour was discovered after a fall off his bike. We took him to A&E as we thought he had got concussion. An amazing radiographer asked the doctor to perform a CT scan where they discovered Dean's tumour. The Florida treatment is vital for Dean's well being.
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