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Joanne Mitchell raised £822 from 21 supporters
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Closed 14/10/2017
Iʼve raised £822 to Support Raigmore Hospital Oncology/Macmillan Suite
- Inverness, United Kingdom
- Funded on Saturday, 14th October 2017
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Story
In July 2017 Leigh was struck with Lymphatic Cancer at the age of 28. Living as a normal 28 year old, raising a family & running the small family restaurant in Inverness with his sister Jo. Life seemed normal but nothing could have prepared us for the traumatic times that were ahead.
From the very first day that Leigh was admitted to Oncology with what appears to be just a swollen leg. It became apparent that something was terribly wrong. After a few tests such as scans & blood tests. It was diagnoised as B Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma.
The medical, personal care & support has been outstanding by all doctors & nurses in that department. More than we can ever imagine & we have learnt so much about what is done at this department without the support of the staff we don't know how we would have got through this very upsetting & difficult time.
We as a family can not thank the Oncology Department enough & as part of our mission to return our gratitude to the Oncology department at Raigmore Hospital. We are hoping to raise our target of £3,000 to help buy tea & biscuits for the nursing staff room or colouring books & magazines for patients or for the department to buy essential equipment.
We want to help families supporting loved ones & people affected by Cancer who are relying on the Oncology Department at Raigmore. They have been a tremendous support to helping us to understand & explain things especially to Leighs' 3 year old daughter. All she understands is that her Daddy has a bad leg & that he needs to go to hospital to get better & that is all she needs to know. With 1000 questions & worry of how you are you going to tell your loved ones, ask yourself how would you cope, who would you turn too?
So thank you for taking 5 minutes to donate even if it is just £2.00 to our page. All money raised will be donated to support the Oncology department at Raigmore.
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- 7 years ago
Joanne Mitchell
7 years agoThank you too everyone that donated. Our page is now closed & as soon as we get the funds we will be handing them over. Our next fundraiser is tea for treatment. Please see our facebook page for details Many Thanks Jo & Leigh
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- 7 years ago
Joanne Mitchell
7 years agoWith the success of our coffee morning & including the generous donations that have been given on our page we have raised over £2,000. Which is just incredible. So thank you. Our just giving page closes on the 14th & funds will be handed over to The Macmillan Suite. Thank you for helping us support a wonderful department who do so much for people having chemotherpay, radiotherpay & supporting them through their treatment.
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- 7 years ago
Joanne Mitchell
7 years agoThank you so much to everyone that has so far donated in our fundraising page. We are truly overwhelmed for helping up to support Oncology at Raigmore in Inverness.
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Supporters
21
Angela M Robertson
Oct 14, 2017
Glad you kept nagging me. Best Wishes, John
£25.00
Stuart Mack
Oct 11, 2017
All the best x
£10.00
Anne Muirden
Oct 2, 2017
A donation from some ladies in the Free North Church who met for coffee last week. Assuring you of our prayers for you, for Leigh and his family, and for a full recovery.
£120.00
Elaine Gamba
Sep 30, 2017
£10.00
Georgia Byrne
Sep 29, 2017
Love you chick! Big hugs to you all especially Leigh. Xxx
£20.00
Rob Jones-Cook
Sep 27, 2017
Elizabeth Cameron
Sep 27, 2017
All the best! From Libby and family x
£10.00
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Joanne Mitchell
Inverness, United Kingdom
I am the sister of Leigh & together we are raising funds for the Oncology/Macmillan Suite at Raigmore, Inverness.