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Weʼve raised £910 to to help fund the installation of wifi for patients and families at the Queens Centre for Oncology and haematology, Castle Hill Hospital
- Funded on Monday, 15th May 2017
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I will be running the North Lincs Half Marathon on Sunday 7th May in memory of Beverley Garnett a friend and ex-colleague who sadly passed away in February this year. I would be grateful for any support that you can give to help raise funds for this worthy cause.
Beverley's husband Terry describes the cause and the reasons much better than I can:-
"On the 9th February 2017, I lost my wife Beverley to pancreatic cancer after a very short five month battle. I had known my wife for 33 years meeting her at 16 years old. I am totally devastated. Beverley worked at KCom for over 25 years but was made redundant just before her diagnosis.
Beverley’s dying wish was to raise money for communication for the patients and families of patients within the Queen’s medical centre.
In August, after finding that Beverley’s humerus had fractured (due to cancer) she was immediately admitted to Ward 32. Crying, frightened and isolated, my wife had to endure over two weeks on the ward without contact with the outside world having only to rely on visits during visiting time. Beverley had a number of stays on ward 32 each time she was faced with isolation and the inability to contact her loved ones. There is very poor signal for mobiles and were isn’t patient WIFI nor a patient line allocated to each patient.
Each time when I visited the ward I noticed patients pressed against the wall in the communal tea making area desperate to get a mobile phone signal. If they were lucky enough to get a signal they had to have very private and moving conversations with loved ones in front of other patients and visitors.
I spoke to the nurses (who incidentally were amazing people) who intimated that money had been made available for wifi on the ward for patients but there were “technical issues" in relation to its installation."
Please help us raise funds for this worthy cause. Vanessa
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- 7 years ago
Vanessa Lucas
7 years agoFeeling ready for tomorrow, the weather looks reasonable, dry at least! Eaten well today so should have plenty in reserve! Thank you so much for the support 😀
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- 7 years ago
Vanessa Lucas
7 years agoIt's been a cold week and a hard push to get myself out of bed to train, worth it though, I always feel great afterwards. I did a body combat class this week to mix things up a bit and now ache where I didn't know I had muscles! 😂 Feeling good and counting down to race day, thank you so much for the support x
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- 7 years ago
Vanessa Lucas
7 years ago12 mile training run today the longest before the race in two weeks. I chose East Park in Hull and enjoyed some childhood and teenage memories as I ran past familiar haunts. Thank you for the support so far, you are helping me get closer to my fundraising target. Please share with anyone who you think may be interesting in supporting me. 🏃😀🏃
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47
Vanessa Lucas
May 14, 2017
Steve A
£10.00
Vanessa Lucas
May 14, 2017
Mary Welch
£5.00
Marie Potie
May 12, 2017
Vanessa, I hope you have had an amazing race and a fantastic experience......! I hope you are recovering with a few glasses of champers now part of the rehab recovery! Marie xx
£20.00
Vanessa Lucas
May 9, 2017
More from Appleby WI - Diana, Judie, Tess & Mo, great support!
£20.00
Vanessa Lucas
May 8, 2017
On behalf of Clive and Denise x
£10.00
Melanie James
May 7, 2017
Well done Vanessa xx
£10.00
Brendan Ferguson
May 6, 2017
Good luck!
£20.00
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