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Hi Everyone
For those of you that dont know me i am Kelly's
Niece Abbie.
Some of you may or may not know that my Auntie is
not very well at the moment and hasn't been for a very long
time.
My Auntie Kelly Smith hasnt been dealt the best of cards in
life. Without going into too much detail for the last 7 years Kelly
has been to a lot of hospital and doctors appointments trying to find
out what was wrong with her. It started as a persistent cough! and
acid reflux. This was eventually diagnosed as Lung Disease due to them
not realisng that Kelly had a Hernia which has slowly destroyed her
lungs. Her condition is called Interstitial Lung Disease caused by
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis and severe reflux diagnosed in
2010.
It has now come to a time that my Auntie needs to have a
DOUBLE LUNG TRANSPLANT which she still awaits to go on the list once
she has her Hernia repaired. This is obviously an extremley high risk
operation, especially as Kelly's lung capacity has now dropped to only
13% (thats 6.5% in each lung). Imagine not being able to breathe
properly, not being able to walk to the kitchen and back, not make
dinner or do any other simple tasks in life that we all ourselves take
for complete granted. Through all this she is the most amazing person
never complaining and staying very positive! And still manages to
smile and laugh!
It has come to the stage at present that Kelly is on constant oxygen 24 hours a day and unable to work which she is finding really hard to come to terms with, thats how amazingly strong she has been through this terrible ordeal and is really hoping to get back to work (set up at her home) in between having two extremly high risk operations, one to have the Hernia repaired which is High Risk due to her lung condition and the second major one being the DOUBLE LUNG TRANSPLANT.
Myself and my family would love to raise as much money as we can
to help ease the financial pressure off my Auntie Kelly and my Uncle
Dean, who cares for her and who needs time off to support her after
her Operations or once Kelly is well they could have a nice well
deserved holiday. This will help ease the worry to the lead up to
Kelly's operations when she has them to help her recover well without
the added worry of financial pressures.
I also would like to raise Awareness of Organ Donation as its
situations like this that makes you so aware that there are not enough
of us on the Organ Donation List (something you don't like to think
about) and when it's one of your Family you become aware. Some money
will be going to the British Lung Foundation. If you do not sponsor me
then do think about becoming an Organ Donor! This will also be a gift
one day to someone.
The main reason for me sharing this about Kelly is I will be
doing a Skydive to raise as much money as I can and every little will
help!
I will be doing a Skydive (date to be confirmed)
If
you dont know me you need to know doing a skydive is an absolute huge
deal to me as i am in no way a thrill seeker except the opposite and a
big scaredy cat i'm still scared of the dark!!!! This is the extent i
am willing to go to get even more donations I am terrified thinking
about doing it.
SO PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DONATE TO THIS REALLY
WORTHY CAUSE AND ENCOURAGE ME IN DOING THE SKYDIVE TO REACH MY GOAL OF
£1000!!!!!!!!
However big or small your donation is this will
help me be as BRAVE as Kelly has been these last few years and to
come.
There will be a Fundraising Evening on October 9th where
you can soon buy tickets for details to follow.
Thank you all for
reading this, im sorry if i waffled on but i want everyone to
understand Kellys story xxx
PLEASE SHARE THIS PAGE with all your
friends on FACEBOOK , TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM as many times as you want.
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