David Wood

Chase the dream

Fundraising for Charity for Kids
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Chase the dream , 9 September 2017
Charity for Kids

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We make a difference to Sick, Disabled & Terminally-ill Children

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A little story about our little boy chase wells
Our 7 year old son was born 10 weeks early at 30 weeks weighing 3lbs 10ozs he spent his first 2 weeks away from us all in Ashford hospital with family going to visit him I couldn't go to see him due to being in intensive care myself it was the longest two weeks of my life I only had a photo 😥 once he came back to the conquest he was in special care baby unit for a further 5 very scary weeks! We were so happy to finally have him home!

Then between 6 months to a year chase wasn't progressing he didn't lift his head, sit, roll over he used to just lay there and smile at us, it wasn't till 4 days before his first birthday he was admitted to hospital wher the dr came to the ward and asked me to come and look at chases scan of his lung on the computer I didn't lift the side of the cot right up and the dr said to me you shouldn't leave him with it that low he will climb up and topple over it then when I replied that he doesn't move the dr was disgusted it hadn't been picked up prior to this! He then arranged a mri and various other tests!

It was such an awful time not knowing what was wrong with our baby boy, then I got the phone call that chase had changes on the brain it wasn't until we went to London hospital we got the diagnosis cerebral palsy it broke my heart sitting there and someone saying to you your child may never walk and interact properly with other people you always presume it would never happen to you or one of your children.
Well reality hit it was happening to me the feeling you get everyday watching your child struggle and not be able to do what they want and get upset because they hate there legs and body 😥 as chase has got older it's got so much harder everyday I look at him and would do anything to take his place! He has started footsteps this year and the outcome has already helped chase he has started being able to balance more and walk with more flat feet as he calls them but once he has a growth spurt we go back to square one he gets very tired and his legs hurt! As chases bones grow the muscles don't to the same rate so this is going to happen for the rest of his life meaning the bigger he gets the more pain he will be in.
I have since found out about an operation called sdr that will give chase the chance to walk without an abnormal gate and without falling over and hating his own body! We are currently waiting to see if chase is a possible candidate.

We are currently still raising money for chases footstep sessions
Thank you so much to everyone that has donated so far and making chases dream possible ❤️

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Charity for Kids

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Charity for Kids aim is to help sick/terminally-ill children by improving their current quality of life around Hastings Bexhill and Battle We of course want to help everybody we can but funds are very limited therefore we will focus on areas in which we can make the biggest difference

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£2,153.83
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