First and foremost I'd like to thank you most sincerely for taking the time to read this. My daughter Sofia is 9 and has Crohn's disease. I won't beat around the bush, this disease has the potential to prematurely end her life or have a significant detrimental effect on the rest of her life. Hearing that your child has a chronic illness for which there is no cure  is not an easy pill to swallow, in fact, it is one which I refuse to swallow. It is a widely held belief among both patients and many in the medical profession that Crohn's cannot be cured but merely managed. More often than not the drugs prescribed to "manage" the disease come with the risk of fatal side effects. Fear, combined with  a feeling of injustice is what drives me to seek and support a change for Crohn's patients.

To discover that you must live with a chronic disease without hope of a cure is devastating, isolating and incredibly difficult to come to terms with. To try to accept that this is the hand dealt to your child, is just impossible. In those first few weeks/months of Sofia's diagnosis I found the darkest place that I previously never knew existed. It was a place without hope. My reading and research into Crohn's eventually lead me to the work of Professor Hermon-Taylor. He has dedicated decades of his life to identifying the cause of Crohn's and more significantly developing a CURE for it in the form of the Crohn's MAP Vaccine. When I discovered his work I cried with relief. To be given back hope when previously it had been denied is the best feeling I've ever experienced.

This research needs financial support from wonderful people like you. Without raising these funds this potential cure for my daughter and others could be destined to stay in a laboratory freezer while sufferer's lives continued to be wrecked.

I WANT MY DAUGHTER CURED NOT MANAGED.

Crohn's is growing exponentially, it ruins lives and takes them prematurely. I cannot and will not sit back and do nothing when my child is threatened. Please donate what you can to support this exciting research. I personally guarantee that every single penny goes directly to the Crohn's MAP Vaccine research. All administrative tasks are carried out by volunteers such as myself who believe that the vaccine must be allowed to see the light of day and be tested . WITHOUT FUNDING THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN.

for more details about the science please visit www.crohnsmapvaccine.com

Thank you      Natalie xxxxx