What a big day! Today we transferred nearly £32,000 to the Eifel Klinik in Germany and the surgery is going ahead. It was more money than we thought it would be but everyone's hard work and generosity we can just afford it.
For example, just today I received £235 from seven fantastic students who had a bake sale at their school. It was so lovely of them to think of me and I'm so grateful for their contributions. Also today, we received another £410 from the Brownies as a result of their three-park-challenge and there's more to come. Even the GoFundMe account is still active which is astonishing after all this time. All money which is donated even after paying for the surgery will help as my parents had to pay the remaining costs, putting them in debt. Any donations from now on will be helping us to meet the debt.
We also had a great day at Ware Carnival selling slime, squishies and sweet bags. We arrived early in the morning to set up. There were already a couple of stalls there but not many and so we had lots of time to get everything ready. My sister and I had to go to my theatre club beforehand so we were gone for most of the setting up but got back just in time to start selling. We made around £600; everyone wanted slime! It was on the day of the England quarter final too so Mum and Dad left us half way through to watch the game in the pub. It was very exciting trying to keep up with the scores and even more so when we won! We were there all day in the heat but it was so worth it; the people near us even had melon and iced coffee to help cool people down. Overall it was probably one of my favourite events that we've sold slime at. Maybe we'll go again next year!
I'd like to say a huge thank you to my sister's friend's mum, Rene, for getting us that pitch and generally supporting us all the way though my journey.
Thursday, 19 July 2018
Wednesday, 4 July 2018
One month to go!
It's all getting very exciting!
My operation is next month and we've booked flights and hotel rooms so it's all become very real. It's really started to sink in that I'm going to have major surgery in just over 30 days and I'm starting to feel very scared about it. I know that it's going to go well - Dr Trobisch is an amazing surgeon and the surgery has an extremely high success rate but I can help but feel nervous for what awaits.
In the meantime, I've had a very fun week - it was my prom! It was so much fun getting all dressed up and ready for it. I woke up early because I was too excited to sleep and immediately did everything that I could to prepare. My hair appointment wasn't for a while so there was a lot of sitting around in anticipation, but eventually I went down to Beau Belles in Sawbridgeworth, where they did the most beautiful hairstyle. I then rushed home, did my makeup, put on my dress and hurried down to my friend's house where we all met up and had group photos taken. None of us could keep a straight face for long, but we still managed to get some lovely pictures. We then drove up Hylands House in Chelmsford for prom. It was a brilliant experience. Everyone looked and felt like royalty and it was so much fun dancing and singing to the music. It went on for 5 hours and then eventually we had to leave. Me and my friends went back to the house where we had our own little afterparty. It was great fun and we didn't get much sleep! Overall it was a fanstastic experience and I loved every second of it.
There has been a lot of news for my fundraising as well. I've had some very generous donations and gifts sent to me. Persimmon homes has given us £1000 to help us reach our goal, and on the 30th of June, Jono and Wendy Fordham organised a quiz night in Little Hadham, raising £630! It's been so kind of people to be so active in helping us to achieve our goal, and I can't believe how much money we've managed to raise in such a short amount of time.
The highlight of my week has to have been when I recieved a lovely little package in the post. Louise Roach had sent me a collection of poems, stories and drawings made by her son and his friends to make me feel happy. It's so simple yet so lovely and the amount of time and effort they must have put into it is astonishing. It made me smile reading through it all. Thank you so much for that.
My operation is next month and we've booked flights and hotel rooms so it's all become very real. It's really started to sink in that I'm going to have major surgery in just over 30 days and I'm starting to feel very scared about it. I know that it's going to go well - Dr Trobisch is an amazing surgeon and the surgery has an extremely high success rate but I can help but feel nervous for what awaits.
In the meantime, I've had a very fun week - it was my prom! It was so much fun getting all dressed up and ready for it. I woke up early because I was too excited to sleep and immediately did everything that I could to prepare. My hair appointment wasn't for a while so there was a lot of sitting around in anticipation, but eventually I went down to Beau Belles in Sawbridgeworth, where they did the most beautiful hairstyle. I then rushed home, did my makeup, put on my dress and hurried down to my friend's house where we all met up and had group photos taken. None of us could keep a straight face for long, but we still managed to get some lovely pictures. We then drove up Hylands House in Chelmsford for prom. It was a brilliant experience. Everyone looked and felt like royalty and it was so much fun dancing and singing to the music. It went on for 5 hours and then eventually we had to leave. Me and my friends went back to the house where we had our own little afterparty. It was great fun and we didn't get much sleep! Overall it was a fanstastic experience and I loved every second of it.
There has been a lot of news for my fundraising as well. I've had some very generous donations and gifts sent to me. Persimmon homes has given us £1000 to help us reach our goal, and on the 30th of June, Jono and Wendy Fordham organised a quiz night in Little Hadham, raising £630! It's been so kind of people to be so active in helping us to achieve our goal, and I can't believe how much money we've managed to raise in such a short amount of time.
The highlight of my week has to have been when I recieved a lovely little package in the post. Louise Roach had sent me a collection of poems, stories and drawings made by her son and his friends to make me feel happy. It's so simple yet so lovely and the amount of time and effort they must have put into it is astonishing. It made me smile reading through it all. Thank you so much for that.
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