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£1,110
raised of £300 target by 51 supporters

    Iʼve raised £1,110 to buy TV’s for Ward F11 (Southampton General Hospital) by running a mile for every one of the 47 weeks I’ve spent on the ward.

    Southampton, UK
    Funded on Friday, 1st March 2019

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    Ward F11, at Southampton Hospital, is an intestinal Failure Ward designed for patients like myself, who are unable to eat orally and are TPN fed as a result.

    Total parenteral nutrition (TPN) is a method of feeding that bypasses the gastrointestinal tract. It is a specialised fluid comprising of all the nutrients that the body needs which is then fed directly into the heart.

    Ward F11 is an immaculate, sterile environment where we can be safe from any infection. It’s somewhere where many patients, like myself, are admitted when battling sepsis (a risk when having TPN), and it’s where patients who are TPN fed can be cared for by specially trained nurses.

    This ward is the reason that I am alive today. They have saved my life many times and are the reason I am able to live each day as I do. They have also supported me, as well as my family and friends, through some pretty awful times. Something which I cannot thank them enough for!!

    Patients who are admitted onto F11 are usually admitted for weeks, if not months. The shortest stay I’ve had on this ward has been 17 days, and the longest stay in one go has been nearly 3 months.

    Being in Hospital is never an experience we hanker after, but unfortunately, being intravenously fed, you’re more likely to be admitted, for any number of reasons.

    When most people are admitted to hospital, whether they’re put into a side room or in a bay on a ward, they will quite often have a beside TV. Something which provides each patient with a link to the outside world.

    However, Ward F11 doesn’t have any TV’s for their patients. Something that I aim to change.

    So here’s my plan...

    Over the month of November I am going to run a mile for every week that I have been a patient on F11. Totalling 47 miles. In doing so I hope to raise enough money to buy the ward a few TV’s. I’d love to be able to raise enough money to by each side room a TV, but as each one costs £100, I think raising £1000 is unrealistic. So my aim is to buy the ward 3.

    Running has always given me a release from the real word but unfortunately I haven’t been able to run in a few years..... therefore I feel setting myself a goal of 47 miles in four weeks is a big enough challenge .

    A month ago I was readmitted onto the ward, and thanks to F11 I now have my life back. And although I’m back on TPN, it’s meant that I am back to work, I am able to do (most of) what I want to and I can live my life again. Something which I’m hugely grateful to Ward F11 for! So in a month's time I’d love to be able to say that I’ve run 47 miles in order to benefit other patients on ward F11.

    I would hugely appreciate any penny you could donate so that on Christmas Day I am able to give the ward a gift which will benefit their patients for many years to come.

    Every penny counts as they say... Thank You!! 👊🏻 x

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    • Kim Purkis6 years ago
      Kim Purkis

      Kim Purkis

      6 years ago
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      .... This has only been possible because of you.... so thank you!! It's going to make such a difference to all of the patients on F11. Happy Christmas x

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    • Kim Purkis6 years ago
      Kim Purkis

      Kim Purkis

      6 years ago

      November is over and we smashed it! The aim was to run 47miles and raise £300, but thanks to you, I managed to raise £1,140 and ran 57miles. As a result, ward F11 will now have TV's and DVD players in ALL of their rooms. I'll be visiting the ward nearer Christmas to deliver the TV's and will post a picture on here, and on my Facebook page. I was asked to make a video of my journey during the month which you can find on my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/FaceEverythingAndRise.TPN/ Thank you! You’ve made a massive difference!!

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    • Kim Purkis6 years ago
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      Kim Purkis

      6 years ago

      Thank you once again for all of your donations!!!... It helps to have a reason to get out and run in this cold wet weather :D This week I've added to my run by 19.32KM (12miles). I still have another 27.4 miles to go, and I only have just over a week to do it in (doh!). Nothing like last minute!! Thank you x Kim

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    • Louise Le Fustec

      Louise Le Fustec

      Nov 23, 2018

      Good luck Kim, what a great idea to purchase TV’s for the ward. An important lifeline for patients when they are ill for some distraction away from reality and being ill xx

      £20.00

    • Laura Fletcher

      Laura Fletcher

      Nov 11, 2018

      Helping others and smashing it you always do!!!! Go girl!!!!!!!!

      £10.00

    • Anonymous

      Anonymous

      Nov 7, 2018

      Well done Kim

      £20.00

    • Tracey Ransom

      Tracey Ransom

      Nov 7, 2018

      Keep going! You can do it! Believe in yourself. You're an inspiration to others.Hope you reach your target.x

      £10.00

    • Fiona Hoggarth

      Fiona Hoggarth

      Nov 7, 2018

      Kim, For all you have been and going through you are truly inspriational. Fi Xx

      £10.00

    • Rhiannon Tillyer

      Rhiannon Tillyer

      Nov 6, 2018

      £10.00

    • Alan

      Alan

      Nov 6, 2018

      well done kim thanks for the chat this morning much appreciated helped a lot your an inspiration to life and how to get on with it.

      £100.00

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