Update: Thursday 5th April 2018

First step complete, now we have two more to get dad home for the urgent medical treatment he needs

Thank you so much to everyone who is donating to help us get dad the urgent medical treatment he needs and to get him back to the UK asap for further urgent treatment.

Dad’s now had both an emergency embolectomy to remove a number of blood clots in his legs and the heartbreaking surgery to have his right leg amputated, unfortunately the infection was so bad there was no other option. That’s the first step complete, we now have two more steps to get him home for the further urgent care he needs in the UK and we're working with an English medical repatriation team to try and achieve this.

We really appreciate your continuing support and donations. We’ve still got a way to go, and will keep you updated. If you would be happy to share this link on your Facebook page to help us with the fundraising that would be amazing (www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/millsfamily2018).

Thank you for your love and support, his children Tracy, Chris and Rob x

>>Photos above - (1) The emergency amputation has been completed, heartbreaking but unfortunately there was no other option. (2) And the waiting room at the operating theatre where I spent the night during his operation before he was transferred to ICU. We desperately need to get him back to the UK.

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Initial post: Monday 2nd April 2018

Please help our dad with urgent medical treatment so we can get him back to UK

Our dad needs an urgent amputation of his lower right leg, and then we need to get him back to the UK for further urgent treatment. If he doesn’t have the amputation the infection will quickly spread to the rest of his body.

We are desperately trying to pull together the funds to pay for this urgent medical care. Unfortunately he doesn‘t have medical insurance to cover the costs, and he has already used all his savings to pay the high cost of being in hospital here.

Please help us get him home, any amount little or large would help us to get this urgent surgery and get him back to the UK.

Thank you so much from the bottom of our hearts, his children Tracy, Chris and Rob x

Photos - please excuse the old family photo for the cover above, I‘m in the Philippines in the hospital with dad at the moment and don’t have access to more recent photos - except for these taken in the hospital yesterday).