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Harry's Srory and the reason for fundraising for Sheffield Children’s Hospital.

My son Harry is now 10 years old. When Harry was just 2 weeks and 5 days old, on 11th December 2015, he was rushed into hospital with E-coli sepsis. He was first taken to Chesterfield Royal Hospital, where he was met by an incredible team of doctors and nurses. But without the quick actions of the paramedics who helped Harry the moment they saw him, the outcome could have been very different.

Chesterfield Hospital continued the life-saving work while we waited for Embrace. Embrace then transferred Harry to Sheffield Children’s Hospital, where we met another amazing team of doctors and nurses. We soon learned Harry had E-coli sepsis, internal bleeding, and was extremely unwell.

Due to a lack of space to continue his treatment, Harry was airlifted to Newcastle Children’s Hospital. There, he needed scans as he began having seizures, his kidneys were inflamed, and he required platelets to help his blood clot and stop the internal bleeding. At one point, we were told that if Harry didn’t start breathing on his own, we would have to have some very difficult conversations. I thank God every single day that Harry started breathing on his own again, and that we still get to see his beautiful face every day.

An MRI later showed Harry had suffered brain damage, and we were told there would be many things he might never be able to do, including walking. But Harry proved them wrong and continued to do so.

Harry woke up on 14th December 2015, but he still wasn’t out of the woods. He continued to have seizures, he had hydronephrosis (enlarged kidneys), and at that point we didn’t even know how much he would be able to see. After a week in Newcastle Children’s Hospital, Embrace brought us back to Sheffield Children’s Hospital, where we stayed for a further three weeks as Harry continued to make an incredible recovery. The sick Children’s trust, let us stay in one of there rooms at the top of the hospital so that we wasn't far from Harry, this was so we could get some rest at night as well.

Over the years, Harry has had countless appointments and tests. As he's got older. Harry has come off all his medication and continued to thrive, taking everything in his stride. His seizures stopped, and although his kidneys remained enlarged, he didn’t need medication for them. Harry has been left with cerebral palsy and is partially sighted amongst other heath conditions, but he has done absolutely amazing.

Then last year on the 20th May, Harry suffered a massive tonic-clonic seizure at home. I had to resuscitate him myself, and my brother and neighbour had to put the defibrillator on him as I went into shock, thank goodness it wasn't used on him. Thankfully Harry came around and we were rushed to Sheffield Children’s Hospital, where he was monitored and had further tests. Five weeks on, on 30th June, we went through it all again. This time he didn’t stop breathing and came around a little quicker. Once again the doctors and nurses at Chesterfield Royal Hospital were incredible.

Today, Harry is doing amazingly again. He is now on medication for epilepsy, and his school, consultants, and physio are all so proud of how well he is coping. Harry brightens up every room he walks into he has the most infectious smile and brings happiness to everyone who meets him.

I will forever be grateful to everyone who has helped Harry in the past, the present, and the future. If it wasn’t for them, this story could have been very different.

This is why I’m doing this walk in February to say thank you for everything they have done for my beautiful boy, and to help families who are going through the same or even more than we have.

Even if it’s just a small donation, every little bit truly does make a big difference to the hospital and it's patients.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this and for your support 💙

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