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Weʼve raised £2,055 to Help EmersonGrant2014 on his road to recovery after a spinal cord injury. #The300Challenge - To fund specialist physiotherapy and equipment.
- Weybridge, Surrey, United Kingdom
- Funded on Friday, 1st June 2018
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On15th August 2016, 2 year old Emerson Grant was diagnosed with an arachnoid cyst on his spine. This resulted in him becoming paralysed from the chest down, diagnosed as a Spinal Cord Injury - Tetraplegia.
Since being diagnosed, Emerson lost all mobility. He is unable to walk, sit or use his bowels and bladder independently and suffers from Autonomic Dysreflexia a life threatening condition that if not managed can result in a seizure or stroke.
Sadly, in May 2017 Emerson suffered from a seizure and it was confirmed that the arachnoid cyst had returned. Emerson underwent further open surgery on the spine to decompress the cyst which meant further health complications to Emerson central nervous system.
Emerson is unable to regulate his body temperature which if not managed could be life threatening.
August 2017, Emerson's family received the worse news ever. The cyst had returned for the 3rd time. However, it is too high risk to operate and to high risk not to operate. Emerson will most certainly loss more mobility and it will effect his upper body, hands, arm movement and respiratory.
Today, the cyst is growing inside Emerson's spine and is causing further health complications such as kyphosis, neurological changes and further deterioration.
Emerson’s family now need to wait for significant deterioration, before the next surgery is carried out, either way the outcome is the same.
Sadly, Emerson has now been diagnosed with additional health issues. Low bone density and osteopenia due to Emerson having no movement in his lower limbs.
It is important to keep Emerson’s body moving, through specialist physic therapy sessions and specialist equipment, otherwise his bones could become brittle and could break from a simple movement such as sneezing.
We need to ensure Emerson’s strength and progress is maintained. He needs the best chance of recovery after any future operation. We need to slow down and cure the additional health complications.
The 300 Challenge - We need 100 people to raise £100 in 100 days
We have two goals – the purchase of a FES bike and the funding of specialist therapy in America.
These are both beyond the £10k target of The 300 Challenge, however we plan to use this as a starting point to raise more funds through the early part of 2018.
Please help Emerson on his road to recovery #emersongrant2014
#the300challenge
Visit the events page: The road to recovery after a spinal cord injury
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- 6 years ago
Lee Grant
6 years agoTHANK YOU all so much!!! Offline donations have now taken our total to just over £2500.00 that truly is amazing, we are so blessed and fortunate to have so much support for Emerson. We still have a number of events running and there is still time to join in, we’ve got donations coming from guys who are not drinking for January (savings to #the300challenge) a January blues coffee morning (what a fab idea!!!)we have had THREE fabulous pieces of art work donated watch this space for details!!! #emersongrant2014 #the300challenge.
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Supporters
22
Lynelle Swanepoel
Feb 22, 2018
Keep on smiling brave boy! You are beautiful! ❤️
£100.00
Lorna Kirk
Feb 22, 2018
Wishing you all the best xx
Nicola Roche
Feb 21, 2018
Wishing you all the best xx
£30.00
Julia Bourne
Feb 20, 2018
Good luck with Fundraising from a friend of the Macey’s
£50.00
Leila Brink
Feb 20, 2018
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£30.00
Invisible Family member
Feb 14, 2018
To Emerson and your family to help you on the long road ahead......It's just an extra zeroYour child is the most precious person in your life. Special children are only given to special families
£1,000.00
Pip Ells
Dec 24, 2017
Keep smiling and reaching for those dreams, gorgeous Emerson ❤️❤️❤️ Merry Christmas to you and your beautiful family sweetheart 🎄⭐️❤️ Love always, Pip xxxxxxxxxx
£100.00
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