Story
Thank you for visiting our Just Giving page in memory of Barbara Curtoys.
In January she began to suffer from Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) an auto-immune illness affecting the nervous system rendering Mum completely unable to move any part of her body - so requiring hospitalisation and 24 hour care.
Normally an illness of the young or middle aged, it lasts a few months and then goes without any serious long-term effects, but Mum had a very severe case and it was going to be years before she would have got back to "normal". So, after fighting the illness and numerous infections for 5 months she gave up the fight on her 84th birthday.
She was an unusually active octogenarian - doing 35 tastings for us in 2014! In the last 10 years she had also completed a number of degrees at the Open University whilst also looking after her grand-children and a lot of "old ladies" in the family - most of them younger than her!
So, to see such a rapid decline was a tragedy. In the end her death, from a small heart-attack, was a mercy to stop her suffering - she didn't like being a patient and couldn't bear the inactivity, but we all miss her terribly.
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. So it’s the most efficient way to donate – saving time and cutting costs for the charity.
In January she began to suffer from Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) an auto-immune illness affecting the nervous system rendering Mum completely unable to move any part of her body - so requiring hospitalisation and 24 hour care.
Normally an illness of the young or middle aged, it lasts a few months and then goes without any serious long-term effects, but Mum had a very severe case and it was going to be years before she would have got back to "normal". So, after fighting the illness and numerous infections for 5 months she gave up the fight on her 84th birthday.
She was an unusually active octogenarian - doing 35 tastings for us in 2014! In the last 10 years she had also completed a number of degrees at the Open University whilst also looking after her grand-children and a lot of "old ladies" in the family - most of them younger than her!
So, to see such a rapid decline was a tragedy. In the end her death, from a small heart-attack, was a mercy to stop her suffering - she didn't like being a patient and couldn't bear the inactivity, but we all miss her terribly.
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. So it’s the most efficient way to donate – saving time and cutting costs for the charity.