Byron Collier
48hr Gaming Livestream for St David's Hospice Care - 4th-7th Dec
Fundraising for St David's Hospice Care (Gwent and S. Powys)
Story
On several occasions my family have been supported by St David's Hospice Care during very difficult times. My father passed away in 2017, my maternal grandfather passed away earlier this year, and my paternal grandfather passed away quite recently. In all those instances, St David's Hospice Care were there to support my family.
Starting at 1000 on Friday 4th December, I will be doing 2x24hr live gaming streams. The first session is 1000 Friday 4th to 1000(ish) Saturday 5th, and the second session is 1000 Sunday 6th to 1000(ish) Monday 7th.
My dad passed away early in January 2017 due to hepatocellular carcinoma and carcinomatosis - in English that means liver cancer which then spread throughout his body. He'd previously had small tumour removed a few years prior, but about a week before his 55th birthday in August 2016 he received a terminal diagnosis. The initial prognosis was that he "would be lucky to see Christmas".
He decided to spend his last days at home rather than at hospital. St David's Hospice Care provided a tremendous amount of support to both my father and my family. They provided visits from a palliative care nurse twice a week, overnight nurse stays, and towards the end of his life provided a syringe driver to administer drugs constantly. Their help offered my family an incredible amount of comfort and support. Their nurses provided much needed advice and support, and the overnight visits allowed my mother some brief moments of sleep. The syringe driver they provided allowed pain relief drugs to be administered constantly, allowing my dad some comfort in the last few weeks of his life.
He decided to spend his last days at home rather than at hospital. St David's Hospice Care provided a tremendous amount of support to both my father and my family. They provided visits from a palliative care nurse twice a week, overnight nurse stays, and towards the end of his life provided a syringe driver to administer drugs constantly. Their help offered my family an incredible amount of comfort and support. Their nurses provided much needed advice and support, and the overnight visits allowed my mother some brief moments of sleep. The syringe driver they provided allowed pain relief drugs to be administered constantly, allowing my dad some comfort in the last few weeks of his life.
This year has been quite hard on everyone and even though my family has thankfully not been affected by COVID-19, losing two family members has certainly made this year even more difficult. I cannot adequately describe how grateful I am to St David's Hospice Care. I want to help them continue to provide the kind of care and support that they have given my family.
Here is a small showcase of the difference our donations can make:
- £20 could pay for a Hospice at Home Nurse to care for someone in their own home for one hour, giving the care they so desperately need at the end of their life.
- £25 pays for a session with one of our Welfare Rights Advisers, helping patients who may have queries regarding availability of benefits
- £30 would buy 2 therapy music CDs for patients
- £160 could pay for a Hospice at Home Nurse to stay with a patient overnight and provide the care they need in their own home surrounded by loved ones.
- £200 pays for a Clinical Nurse Specialist to visit a patient and their family twice in a week to help stabilise their symptoms.
- £1000 pays for a new syringe driver for use by our patients when they need it most
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