WellChild- What would you do if your baby was dying?

Before I say anything I just want to thank you for taking an interest in my blog! My name is Charlie and I am advocating WellChild, an organisation I am passionate about. They help terminally ill children to have fun and just be normal kids! From a world of pain and suffering they introduce one of the things they lack most. happiness.

However that is not all they do, in fact they aid them through a careful plan of three parts

• Care
• Support
• Research

People should be more aware of the campaigns they take part in such as ‘the better at home campaign’ and the amazing work they do for children.

An example of this is Poppy, a brave little girl:
The little girl faced heart surgery before she was one year old and then major upper limb surgery a year later. Since then she has had many other operations on her hands and she has to be fed by a tube as she is unable to swallow. She has spent most of her life living in a hospital ward.

When WellChild Nurse Jane Alvey came into Poppy and Olivia’s (her mum) lives Olivia says it felt as though an angel had come to help them. Poppy was recovering from yet another operation intended to give her more use of her hands, but it had failed, leaving her with infected wounds which needed heavy bandaging.

Olivia says Jane was calm and understanding – she researched the best dressings for Poppy’s hands and made sure she could be looked after at home rather than having to go to hospital every time the bandages needed changing. She also helped Olivia deal with Poppy’s feeding tube and other medical procedures which can now be done at home where Poppy is calm and comfortable.

Poppy started nursery school in 2008 and Jane trained the staff there to give her feeds and answered all their questions so Poppy could be treated as normally as possible.
Olivia is very grateful to Jane her WellChild Nurse. She said: “She has been a saviour and in the really dark times has been just wonderful. She is so brilliant because she listens and gets things done, which is so difficult when so many professionals are involved in Poppy’s care.

However only with your help can these amazing, miraculous events take place. WellChild runs wholly on donations from you, the public. You can help by donating, doing a triathlon, marathon or a fun run, buying their merchandise and much more. Every little helps. So go on, help a child in need. If you want to see for yourself the wonderful work WellChild do follow this web link WellChild - Helping sick children and their families across the UK.

I want to thank you again for taking time out to read my blog. Please can you answer a few questions for me? Also it would be great if you could state your country and town.

1. Did you previously know about WellChild?
2. Are you more informed now about WellChild?
3. Would you be prepared to donate to and support WellChild?

Thank you again!
Charlie