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Visit the charity's profileThe coronavirus has closed schools and everyone is encouraged to postpone hospital visits or access medical advice remotely. This is impossible for children on blood thinning medication who need to have their coagulation (clotting) levels checked regularly.
CHF wants to provide more INR machines for children on blood-thinning medication such as Warfarin during these difficult times.
Being able to home test would remove these children from risk of infection or of infecting others. And when school starts again these children will not have to miss even more of their education going on trips to the hospital.
Please give whatever you can to provide this valuable equipment for these children with heart conditions.
Henley (pictured) has had an INR machine for three years but now is on the waiting list for a new one, his mother Danielle explains how important it is for him in the light of the coronavirus pandemic.
Henley has a complex cardiac condition which requires INR testing weekly.
We live ten miles from our children's hospital where this takes place, however Henley is six years old and attends primary school and has missed a considerable amount of due to hospital stay and illness.
So home testing is a huge help, it means Henley can remain in school having tested at home and not needing to travel back and forth to hospitals.
In addition to this, visiting hospitals for weekly testing is not ideal as Henley is then further exposed to infections. Taking Covid-19 into account without home testing I have no idea how we will maintain testing, as Henley's condition requires him to social distance and he's currently unable to leave our home to ensure he is safe.
Home testing also adds piece of mind , if Henley was to have an injury (a knock or a fall) testing can be done immediately to ensure his clotting levels are safe, reducing unnecessary hospital visits.
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