Yorkhill egg run, My fundraising.

[ScottishRawker]

Hey Everyone,

wow not really posted here for a long time, feel guilty posting this but i'm sure you'll understand.

I'm doing the Egg run this year, people from previous years will remember the homer and marge simpson, this year is going to be bigger and better!

here is the reason why:

My youngest neice (now over 1 year old) suffered an enlarged heart at 4months old. (now to fill in the rest in my sisters words)
Lucy was rushed into Yorkhill Childrens hospital in Glasgow and immediatly put into a medicaly induced coma and put on a ventilator. She was pumped full of drugs to keep her heart going as they assessed the situation. At this point we were told that she was in the rule of thirds. A third of kids with this problem will make a full recovery, a third will survive but always require medical intervention and a third will die. we had no idea what group she was in but we hoped for the best and feared the worst. As a week and a half went by she got no better.

After about a week of them being at her bedside and sleeping next door to the hospital.

We got a phone call in our room at 5am telling us Lucy's heart had gone into a strange rhythm. i have never run so fast in my entire life. we were back by her side in 3 minutes. So to cut a long and very painfull story short, she crashed and even with all the heart recussitation drugs her heart couldn't support her. She was immediately put on the ECMO machine which is a heart lung bipass. Basically taking over the job of both her heart and lungs. The ventilator was still used but this was only to keep her lungs from closing up entirely. At this point lucy was put on the emergency transplant list.

So as the days went by again we were told her chances were getting slimmer. she then developed an infection from her stomach and got septicemia (blood poisoning) as a result. Her left lung then collapsed and her kidneys failed. Her stomach then bloated so badly due to the infection that she was now at risk of having a ruptured bowel. Sitting by and watching my darling little child slowly getting worse infront of my eyes is the most heart breaking things i have ever had to endure. We were watching as her hopes were slowely slipping away.


Since then Lucy has recieved a heart transplant along with a pacemaker and Tracheotomy, She is back in Glasgow and is living a life that 8months ago seemed impossible. Everything is still not perfect and she has a lot to go through.
More can be seen at a facebook group my sister set up:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/...08404639209677
All i can ask is Please Please Please donate to help allow Yorkhill to continue to provide the support that helped keep our family from loosing Lucy.

For this Event, i will be traveling from my flat in middlesbrough dressed as Tigger and i'll ride my bike like this all the way to Glasgow, then will happily put on the outfit and take to the streets for the Easter Egg Run (With my Dad dressed as Winnie the Pooh)

If i can raise £700 on here, my work, will match it. This will give Yorkhill a whopping £1400 so Please click that button and make this happen!


If you want to read more, just google "daily record lucy smith"


so all i can say is please?
http://www.justgiving.com/forlucysheart


If you see me on the day, come say hi, take a photo and have a chat. We are hoping that Lucy will be able to make it to the start and the finish.


Thank you



Adam

[TheRamJam]

Can't imagine what your and your family is going through Adam.

I have signed up to do the run and also donated to your link. Good luck in reaching your target and hope to see you on the Easter Run!

Regards

Colin

[ScottishRawker]

Thanks Colin,

if you see me walking about, come say hi!

[ScottishRawker]

Here we go, outfit ready!



now how do i keep the head attached for the run :S

[ScottishRawker]

81 views and 1 donation,

thank you Colin, and i hope the rest of the people who have viewed it are waiting till their pay comes in before donating, don't want to be disappointed in the org!

Got you to your £700

Well done

Hope the run up goes well, don't want ya loosing yer heed!

[ScottishRawker]

Thanks guys,

i knew the org wouldn't let me down!

minimorecambe, cause you hit it, i've up'ed it to £1000, no harm in more for the hospital!

[ScottishRawker]

so now its 3 people out of over 160, come on guys. £5 isn't much but to me its another step towards my target!

please!

Already donated online and to a local guy who is fundraising himself!

Sorry lad, and good luck.