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Closed 30/04/2017
Iʼve raised £210 to fund & maintain a piece of equipment that will enable me to mobilise in my wheelchair when suffering from left-sided paralysis
- Staffordshire Moorlands District, United Kingdom
- Funded on Sunday, 30th April 2017
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Hello and thank you for visiting my page! I'm Helena, I'm 25 and suffer with Cerebal Palsy Spastic Diplegia, which means that I am unable to walk and use a manual wheelchair to get around. I also suffer from Systemic Lupus, a hugely debilitating Autoimmune Disease which affects my joints, organs and leaves me prone to severe infections, flares and lengthy hospital stays.
As a result of Lupus, I have a blood disorder which means my blood clots unnecessarily and I've had clots in my legs and they can develop anywhere in my body. I have begun to suffer with complete paralysis of my left side, and when this happens I am unable to push my wheelchair and move around my home etc.
However, a piece of equipment called a Smart Drive means that when this happens, I would be able to remain mobile. The Smart Drive is a device which fits on to the back of a manual wheelchair, and at a tap via a Bluetooth setting, turns a manual chair to a power chair, taking over the pushing motion when I am unable to push myself. This is something that will, without doubt, make life so much easier for me when I am either suffering paralysis or in extreme pain and become too fatigued to push, meaning that I won't have to rely on others.
It of course comes at a cost and isn't funded by the NHS, so I'm raising money to be able to purchase a Smart Drive as soon as possible and experience it making my life much easier.
Thank you so much for taking the time to visit the page and for your support, even if you're unable to donate, please share the page, it means an awful lot xx
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16
Alaine Skerrett
Apr 29, 2017
Best of luck with your fundraising!! X
£10.00
Sheila Jagger
Apr 14, 2017
Hope you quickly raise the money for the equipment to help your mobility
£20.00
J Moorhead
Apr 12, 2017
Good luck, lovely lady! xx
£20.00
Anne Ewbank
Apr 12, 2017
Kaye Windsor
Apr 11, 2017
Hope you succeed in getting and keeping your indepence xx
£10.00
Geraldine Haynes
Apr 11, 2017
Good luck Helena xx
Debra Delglyn
Apr 10, 2017
Glad to hear you're staying well and positive, good luck with the campaign!
£10.00
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