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Iʼve raised £2,780 to Get Timmy a swimming leg
- Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
- Funded on Friday, 1st September 2017
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I am raising money to buy a swimming leg for Tamara Peart(known as Timmy).
Tamara has a rare genetic condition called vascular type Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. This causes fragile blood vessels and intestines which can burst spontaneously. Tamara is only 18 and has had dozens of operations which have left her with an amputation and an ileostomy. She also has a Hickman line, a permanent drip surgically implanted into neck to give drugs.
Next year, Tamara is going on holiday with her family and her big wish is to go swimming. To do this she will need a specialist swimming leg which will cost about £2000 and is not funded by the NHS. She will also need a custom-made drysuit to cover her Hickman line.
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- 8 years ago
Mark Cheetham
8 years agoWow amazing thanks to amazing generosity of 71 we have reached (and exceeded) the target in under 4 days! Thank you all
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- 8 years ago
Mark Cheetham
8 years agoThank you to the 50 people who have donated to this cause. We've got on to the JustGiving leaderboard today for the amount raised. https://www.justgiving.com/forms/leaderboard-crowdfunding/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_campaign=20170805_105356
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- 8 years ago
Mark Cheetham
8 years agoThank you to everyone who has helped. We've raised £1180 thanks to 49 kind donors. That's 47% of the target already and we only started on Wednesday.
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79
Mark Cheetham
Aug 10, 2017
From D SockettVia cheque thank you!
£10.00
Jacqueline Finch
Aug 9, 2017
Well done Mr C
£10.00
Stan
Aug 9, 2017
Thanks Mark, you are inspirational.Timmy, I hope this helps you forwards.
£100.00
Anonymous
Aug 8, 2017
£10.00
Mark Cheetham
Aug 8, 2017
On Behslf of Jacqui DrummondThank you Jacqui!
£20.00
Alison Overton
Aug 6, 2017
Good luck I hope Timmy enjoys her swim on holiday
£20.00
Victoria Maher
Aug 6, 2017
Have fun Timmy. Well done Mark, great cause
£25.00
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Mark Cheetham
Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
I am a general and colorectal surgeon in Shropshire