Fran Hutchings

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Fundraising for Kent and Medway Charity Team
£195
raised of £75 target
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135ft Abseil, 17 March 2013
We organise road safety & literacy schemes to improve health & literacy of children

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Thanks for visiting my fundraising page.

70% of all money raised will be going to The Oliver Fisher Sepecial Care Baby Trust - This is a charity very close to my heart as my twin grandsons Harley spent the first 3 months of his life there, and Fraiser the majority of the first 7 months. My grandsons where born 7 May 2010 at 31 weeks Harley weighing 3lb 14 and Fraiser 3lb.

During Harleys stay in The Oliver Fisher Unit he required a few blood transfusions and support with his breathing, but it was a matter of building up his weight and becoming strong enough to come home, unlike for his brother. A few weeks in to Fraisers life he became extremely unwell, he had something called
Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) http://preemies.about.com/od/preemiehealthproblems/f/nec.htm
Fraiser spent a few weeks at Kings college hospital when first diagnosed and then returned to The Oliver Fisher Unit as they thought he was recovering without any surgical intervention around 2 weeks later he then became extremely unwell, he was moved straight in to intensive care and rushed back to Kings within a few hours, the following morning he went in for emergency surgery where part of his bowel had to be removed he then needed a stoma and was able to return to The Oliver Fisher Unit after a few weeks. During this time he contracted staphylococcus and also having problems with his liver due to the concoction of drugs he was on. He had many blood transfusions throughout this time also.

Mid September we was extremely lucky to be able to bring Fraiser home for the first time ever. We had booked a family holiday late 2009 which was the reason they let us bring him home, we spent a week at home and a week in the west country with the day after returning home Fraiser going in to Kings College hospital for his final operation to reverse his stoma. Even then he decided it wasn’t going to be a straight in straight out, he made sure to take his time recovering and worrying his family! Late October Fraiser was finally well enough to join his family at home where he belongs. He has since been well and is a extremely cheeky and healthy little boy, just like his brother Harley!

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About the charity

KM Charity Team delivers literacy, road safety and green travel schemes to 50,000 children and families each week to safeguard and support the next generation. The charity also stages collaborative fundraising events used by hundreds of good causes. To find out more visit www.kmcharityteam.co.uk

Donation summary

Total raised
£195.00
+ £26.25 Gift Aid
Online donations
£105.00
Offline donations
£90.00

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