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Iʼve raised £8,260 to Buy a bike that has a wheelchair attached to the front. This means that we can take our daughter out with the family for a bike ride
- Southampton, United Kingdom
- Funded on Sunday, 21st May 2017
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Story
Our daughter Evie has an incredibly rare progressive neurological disorder-Labrune syndrome. (Leukoencephalopathy with calcification and cysts) She also has dystonia which affects all of her limbs. When she started school she could walk, talk, read, count, write her name. She is now 8 and a full time wheelchair user. She can no longer read or write and finds it increasingly difficult to speak. She is also fed via a tube as chewing and swallowing are tricky. Evie's condition is life limiting-we don't know how long we have her for. Evie loves life and wants to live it to the full. We are lucky enough to be able to hire an adapted bike to take her for a ride around the park which she loves. We want to be able to do this for her whenever and wherever she wants and would love to be able to buy her own bike. One where a chair is attached to the front so that we can ride somewhere and then go and do something together as a family. These bikes are ridiculously expensive and we simply cannot afford to buy one. Evie is a thrill seeker and everything is 'faster', 'higher' 'again'!!!! Having a bike like this would mean that we can put that smile on her face more often. Her sister can go on a family bike ride like all her friends and we can simply enjoy family time.
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- 8 years ago
Caroline Denham
8 years agoA huge thank you to everyone who has donated, I thought it would take us months of fundraising to get anywhere near raising enough money to get Evie a bike but here we are already!!! There are no words to describe what this means to us. I feel truly humbled to know that these are so many generous and caring people out there. Thank you
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- 8 years ago
Caroline Denham
8 years agoWow wow wow-i cannot believe how generous people are. A huge thank you to everyone who has donated already and to those who have shared our page. Please keep sharing, the more people who read this, the better the chance of us reaching our target. Evie is all smiles xx
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106
S Farrant
May 2, 2017
£10.00
Sally Sharpe
May 2, 2017
Better late than never! You know me! Evie have fun on your bike rides! Xxx
£20.00
Scott Gofton
May 1, 2017
£20.00
V Hughes
Apr 29, 2017
Wishing you many miles of smiles. Lots of love from Team Hughes.xxx
£30.00
Kate Staunton
Apr 28, 2017
I'm sorry it's not more darling! X
£10.00
Lynne Edmunds
Apr 28, 2017
Good Luck in your fund raising ,
£10.00
Sarah Barrington
Apr 28, 2017
£10.00
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Caroline Denham
Southampton, United Kingdom
Watching your child lose the ability to do things they once could, knowing that they are only going to get worse, is a horrible way to live your life, but not as bad as being the one it's happening to, but Evie loves life. Everyone who meets her is greeted with a smile