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Closed 23/11/2016
Iʼve raised £133,285 to Surgery @ Memorial Sloan Kettering USA for our daughter Kelly Turner (16yrs old). Her diagnosis is Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumours.
- Dover, United Kingdom
- Funded on Wednesday, 23rd November 2016
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Our beautiful, clever, artistic and loving Daughter Kelly is only 16yrs old. Up to October 2015 she was fit and well and enjoying a happy and fulfilling life. October 2015 she was diagnosed with Cancer - "Desmoplastic small round cell tumor (DSRCT) is an aggressive tumor that typically begins in the abdomen or pelvis. Considered a pediatric cancer, this rare type of soft tissue sarcoma is diagnosed in about 20 adolescents in the United States each year." She's been well cared for by The Royal Marsden, Sutton UK with 9 rounds of chemotherapy which has responded well, but because there are tumours close to her Liver they're not prepared to carry out any Surgery.
We have sought a fifth opinion from Memorial Sloan Kettering in New York and they have agreed to do the surgery, immunotherapy and possibly radiotherapy. As for the cost, update as of 3rd August an "estimate" of $ 1,200,000 is needed by MSKCC. We are not covered by the American insurance system so we'll have to find funding.
Any money remaining from surgery and procedures will be donated to DSRCT research at the Royal Marsden in Sutton to help other people like Kelly.
Please support our Kelly, we so want her to have a normal, long & fruitful life. #doingitforkelly
Love, Linda, Kelly & Martin Turner - Dover UK.
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IBAN number: GB53NWBK 600704 39767000
IBAN BIC: NWBKGB2L
Thank you :)
Updates
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- 8 years ago
Martin Turner
8 years agoHello all. Thanks for your amazing support! I've just noticed that we've had some messages saying that we should try St Jude Children's Research Hospital, and just to let you know we have already tried them. They said that Kelly should get the treatment locally therefore they're not willing to do it themselves. As for hospitals in the UK, we have been turned down by The Royal Marsden, University College Hospital in London, Christie's Hospital in Manchester and a hospital in Basingstoke.
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- 9 years ago
Martin Turner
9 years agoHi all. Thanks for getting behind Kelly and donating! We've already raised a huge amount and we have so many people to thank for it. All of your contributions, whether it was donating or doing a fundraising event, has soon added up to a whopping amount. Thanks all, lots of love, Kelly, Linda and Martin :)
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Anonymous
Nov 20, 2016
Our thoughts are with you.
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Anonymous
Nov 16, 2016
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Anonymous
Nov 14, 2016
£30.00
Jenny (saw flier in Dover when on holida
Nov 10, 2016
Keep donating folks! So glad you're getting closer to your target. Great the target is rediced for the surgery too! ❤️
£10.00
Andrew
Nov 9, 2016
Hope everything goes well
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donna mcglynn
Nov 9, 2016
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Lucy Howard
Nov 8, 2016
Going to share this on my business page. Only wish I had more to give. Xxx
£30.00
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Martin Turner
Dover, United Kingdom
A father desperately trying to save his daughter's life. <3