This money will go towards expenses to help Rory and his family be able to be with him without worrying about money, accomodation or food. We are all so grateful for any help given.

Rory‘s background story;

“It all started when I began to feel ill in fifth year of school. Before I knew it, I was off sick for the majority of the school year. After numerous tests, I found out I had Ulcerative Colitis. I was put on medication for it and all was good. 

Then a few months later, I started to feel bad again and was eventually diagnosed with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis and Autoimmune Hepatitis and had to be put on more medication. After school, I was accepted into college and had nearly finished my course when I fell very ill. I was rushed to hospital and after numerous blood tests and scans, I underwent an assessment to see whether I was able to handle a transplant both physically and mentally. I was good to go and received my first liver transplant, however weeks later it had rejected and I had to get another one.

I felt better for five years but in November 2019, I had a massive UC flare up and had to have my large colon removed get an ileostomy so I now have stoma bag. I then suffered from a perforation in the small bowel and had sepsis so I needed two further operations. Once I got home to recover, I ended up needing dialysis to help my kidneys and was in and out of hospital with blockages caused by surgery complications. 

In August 2020, I had to get another emergency surgery to cut away scar tissue that was suffocating the bowel and I am now still recovering in hospital. I am only allowed very thin smooth soups yogurts and my main nutrition comes from my NG feed.

The next step is to get a multivisceral transplant down in Cambridge which will replace my current liver and bowel with a new one. This is a major surgery which is very expensive and we are praying that it works.