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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">My son Jorge was born on Sunday 7<sup>th</sup> November 2010. 5 days later on Thursday 11 November 2010; he was rushed to West Cumberland Hospital seriously ill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On examination the Consultants made the quick decision to transfer him to the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a hairy 1hr 15mins ambulance ride, not knowing if they were going to get there in time, Jorge was put onto ECMO Life Support machine (of which there are only four hospitals with these in the whole of the UK) and diagnosed with IVC thrombosis and bilateral pulmonary embolism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Blood thinning medication was administered to try to dissolve the thrombosis; he then underwent life threatening surgery on his left lung to remove blood clots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He fought bravely and finally managed to come off the ECMO machine after ten days, but remained on a ventilator for a further five days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Following five weeks in hospital in Newcastle, with the expertise of the team at PICU (Paediatric Intensive Care Unit) Freeman, Jorge was discharged home where he is making a good recovery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He continues to be monitored by the Consultants both at West Cumberland and Freeman Hospitals, who are pleased with his progress.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Jorge owes his life to the teams whose knowledge, skill and dedication were able to not only save his life but make him better again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">We, the Edgar family, would like to give something back to these incredible people to say thank you for saving our precious Jorge and to help them continue their specialist life saving work for other sick children at both hospitals.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Starting on Thursday 14<sup>th</sup> July 2011 the staff of J Edgar & Son are going to do a sponsored bed push from West Cumberland Hospital Whitehaven to Freeman Hospital in Newcastle (approx 144 miles) to raise funds for both hospitals. We will be going via the C2C route; we hope to make this a family occasion with family and even kids helping (probably sitting on the bed) where possible. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Our target is to raise £30,000 and split it between both hospitals, to get the ball rolling, the Edgar family have donated £10,000 to the fund.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Jason</span></p>
<p> so please dig deep and donate now.</p>