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Fundraising for Child Growth Foundation
£580
raised of £800 target
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In memory of Theodore Coope
We fund medical research to help people with rare growth conditions

Story

please guys were doing so well xx

please help people xx

thank you all so far x

thank you everyone xxx

please help if you can xx

thank you all so much xxxx

your all amazing xx

thank you so much to you all,we have done so well,please read Theodores story and donate if you can xxx

thank you xxxx

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Our toy soldier Theodores journey.xx

It started as a normal pregnancy for us after the loss of a baby in August,we tried so hard again for Theodore. Things were going fine,normal checks and he was fine. When it came to the dating scan we found out our little jelly baby was due on 3/7/15. We was so excited,happy just all the amazing emotions you feel when you find out your baby is ok. 

Me and Steven started to realise my belly wasn't growing at all and so did the midwifes but I have a previous of small babies so we wasn't concerned we just waited till the anomaly scan....that's were it all started.

They was scanning me for nearly an hour and looked very concerned,we  knew something wasn't right,they took us into a quiet room to tell us they have found something that is so rare,both of his femurs were small,we was scared at what this could mean but we was prepared for a small child or a down syndrome baby or whatever,we wouldn't give up on our baby. We was then sent to the amazing Queens medical centre of Nottingham to fetal medicine.

Mr Bugg was our specialist name,an amazing man,he scanned us and said he was fine but it seems all his limbs were small and to go back in 3weeks to see how is growth was. This didn't bother us we were used to small babies. 3weeks later we went back and he seemed more concerned,theodore hasn't grown at all,we was to go back in a week. We was a little more frightened this week something just didn't seem right and we was right to think that,we had the news that our baby was dying inside of me,he couldnt get the oxygen or blood he needed and due to his size he just wouldn't survive. The news was just as devastating as you can imagine,Mr Bugg told us there was a study going on and I was the perfect person to start it and as there was nothing else we could do to help Theodore me and Steven decided I would take part,every other day I went for scans bloods and tests and nothing was getting better. I was just turning 26 weeks and Theodore was deteriorating dramatically and we new he would only survive a week inside if he was lucky. We made the choice to meet our little man and send him to the N.I.C.U and give him a fighting chance at least just to spend a few days with him. 

The day came I was 26 weeks and 3 days it was the 30/03/2015 and I was being taken into surgery to meet my little boy,we didn't know how we felt we just wanted to meet him alive,he was born at 1:59pm weighing 510g and he had a heartbeat and was taking breaths so they took the next steps by incubating him.He was so small just a little bigger than his daddies hand I just cried and cried,Steven went with him while I was being sown up,he was never left alone. Hour by hour that's how we lived hoping he would improve and make it but hour by hour things were popping up and as they was fixing them another would come up. 

6o'clock on the 2/4/15 we got a call from N.I.C.U kirsty Theodores nurse was on the phones things weren't good theodore wasn't going to make it,he had a hemorrhage on his lungs. Things just got worse from then on,we lost our toy soldier. 

Severe iugr was the main cause of his passing,we tried everything,but because hardly anything is known about this and there is nothing they can do for this at all my little boy suffered.

He was an amazing little boy and didn't deserve this,the least we can do is try and raise money to stop other families going through this heart ache and pain.

I'm begging you please help us by raising money for this charity. Don't let Theodores death be in vain.

Thank you,love Tippie Steven and Theodore xxxx

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About the charity

We offer support to children & their families, and adults who are diagnosed with a rare growth condition or who are undergoing diagnosis. Our members enjoy an annual convention, regular meet-ups, newsletters and online support. We fund research and help increase awareness of these conditions.

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