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Closed 01/11/2019
Weʼve raised £5,277 to Fund surgery to straighten Mia’s spine due to a curve caused by Scolisos.
- Funded on Friday, 1st November 2019
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Story
Mia was diagnosed in 2016 with scolisios this causes the spine to twist and curve, if left untreated it will start to crush her internal organs. Despite wearing a back brace for 23 hours a day her spine has continued to rapidly curve. Mia finds life extremely restricting wearing the brace, she finds it difficult to, eat, sleep and sometimes breath. It causes her anxiety issues with her body image and low self esteem.
Without surgery Mia’s spine will continue to curve and any damage done to her organs will be irreversible.
The surgery Mia needs is called VBT (vertebral body tethering) and is currently unavailable in Northern Ireland. Mia has been offered the chance to have VBT in Turkey at an estimated cost of €32k, we have already met the surgeon who is keen to operate ASAP as VBT has to be done before Mia stops growing. So time is against us.
As soon as this target is met, Mia can undergo this life changing surgery. We cannot fund this alone and any donation received will help us in the struggle to raise these much needed funds.
Thank you for taking the time to read Mia’s story.
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227
Colm Dougan
Feb 12, 2019
Best wishes Mia
£100.00
Clare Rimmer
Feb 7, 2019
Sponsorship funds from the Bracken’s. £1 a day for RED January. 🤗🤗
£31.00
John Miller
Feb 6, 2019
Smoke free January challenge.31 days = £31 😁 #TeamMia
£31.00
Rhoda Walker
Feb 2, 2019
£20.00
Martin Rimmer
Feb 1, 2019
Best wishes to Mia, Clare was determined to run all through January for you , stay strong, Martin
£20.00
john nix
Jan 31, 2019
Hope the fundraising and surgery go well. With friends like Clare Rimmer helping out you’ll get there in no time. Well done Clare!
£20.00
Emma Canning
Jan 31, 2019
Well done Clare!! Great cause👌
£10.00
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