Jenson Matthew Pledger

06.10.10 - 04.11.10

As many of you know our darling boy Jenson was diagnosed with a very rare heart condition at birth and was rushed straight to Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. He had open heart surgery on the day he was born after an unsuccessful smaller first operation. He went on to have a major third open heart operation 9 days later where a donor valve was also fitted to his heart and his own right valve was moved over to the left side of his heart. GOSH got in the best team of surgeons in the country in for him and we were so very gratefull as we knew our boy was given the best chance possible thanks to this amazing organisation.

We cannot express how incredible the work that the team at GOSH does for the sick children and their families. We lived at the hospital in parent accommodation the entire time Jenson was there which we were so grateful to be able to do as we needed to be close to our son at all times.

We would love to be able to give something back to them. We originally set out to raise £500 so we could buy them a new multi-monitor which makes the nurses lives a lot easier, as it enables them to be able to see the results of every machine the child is on at once rather than checking them all individually. However we had reached this target just over 24 hours after opening this fundraising appeal thanks to incredible generousity of our wonderful friends, family and even complete strangers that were touched by Jenson's story. We are now hoping to raise 10 times that amount in memory of our sweet angel.

On 4th November the team of surgeons met and decided that sadly there was nothing more that could be done for Jenson as his heart was just too sick. He bravely fought on until the very end and showed so much strength and character. More than I can begin to describe.

He slipped away that night in Mummy's arms, whilst holding Daddy's hand which he gave a little squeeze as the angels took him.

He has changed our lives forever and will live on in our hearts. Never forgotton, never replaced. 

 

GOSH need £50 million a year on top of the amount given to them by the nhs to keep doing what they are doing to save childrens lives every day. Any amount that you can spare will make a difference. Please also add gift aid - this will cost you nothing but the government will add 28 pence for every pound donated bumping up the overall total raised considerably.

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - more money is raised In Jenson's memory, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

So please dig deep and donate now.

Thank you,

from the Pledger family xx