My daughter was born at 32 weeks a tiny 3lb she was placed on a ventilator and I made a promise to her fight and every year on her birthday we would fundraise for a charity, Amelia is now 4 years old and is still fighting, she was diagnosed at age 2 with global development delay age 3 diagnosed with Autism and been non verbal. 

Amelia also had a gastrostomy operation in Aberdeen last may in her tummy for feeding to get special milk into her threw a tube to try keep her well sadly this also has brought problems as she is currently fighting MRSA in her peg site. Amelia has had so many hospital admissions and illnesses that most adults don't go threw in her 4 years, 

when she was 2 years old she had a seizure that the resuss in the A n E department had to take over her breathing for 45 mins I have never seen so many doctors or tubes around a child there was talk of ventilating her and air lifting her to Edinburgh sick kids but thankfully the intensive care doctors managed to get her out of the seizure and she spent another 10 days in high dependency unit,

 in October just gone Amelia became poorly and it was quickly diagnosed as Sepsis even hearing the worse sepsis is scary but what it did to my daughter was horrific she didn't move for 4 days again was treated in high dependency also had to go to theatre for a general anasetic to get a lumber puncture and brain scans done knowing everything is out of your hands when as a mum it goes against every instinct you have to make them better thankfully Amelia again fought and was discharged after 10 days.

These are just 2 of the chapters in Amelia's story having a child who spends so much time in the childrens ward in raigmore is so hard the nurses and doctors are all amazing but it's such a lonely place to be sitting in a small room for days on end watching the world pass you by and the only noise you hear is your upset child or machines beeping 

On Amelia's 4th birthday we handed over £8000 to the childrens ward for a magic carpet this is now in daily use and hundreds of children have benefited 

During amelias 4 years their has been constant support from the NHS play specilists which is why this year for Amelia 5th birthday I would love to give something back the sensory room in the childrens ward is outdated and is quite frankly not very good. A sensory room will provide so much to children with complex and special needs like Amelia also children to calm down in a hospital environment which otherwise is a scary place to a child who doesn't understand. I have a few events through out the year including Amelia's Young Highlander Awards! This is the only childrens awards in the highlands discovering unsung child heroes who would otherwise go unnoticed. 

Amelia's fundraising would not be possible without the constant support we receive from family,friends strangers, businesses, people from everywhere  who donate and contribute to her birthday fundraisers.

Thank you for taking time to read Amelia's story and even £1 can help towards the new sensory room which kids from all over the highlands will.benifit from also every single penny donated will go straight to the NHS play specilists and nowhere else. 

Thank you 💝💝💝 

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