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A safe place to play

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Hi everyone my name is Isabelle and I am two years old. When I was born I was diagnosed with microcephaly, meaning I have a very small brain and my head is smaller than other little girls my age. When I was twelve weeks old I started having seizures and my mammy and daddy were told I have complex epilepsy.
Since then I have been in hospital a lot as during my seizures I can stop breathing and the doctors have to help me to breathe, sometimes meaning I have to be on a ventilator to let my body have a rest. I have to take 4 types of medicine three times a day to try and stop the seizures but a lot of the time the medicine doesn't work and I have to spend a lot of time in hospital. My seizures are very long lasting, I have had ones that last over an hour and this has effected the way my brain works. I cannot talk very well at all, I fall over a lot when I am walking and bang my head, so my doctors are thinking about giving me a special helmet to wear. I am not able to learn things the same way as other children do and this makes me sad, because of the way I walk I am always falling and bumping into things so I can't be left alone outside as it is not safe. I would love nothing more than to be able to play in my garden, my mummy says it's not safe as it is paved and I could hurt myself during a seizure. Mummy and daddy have been told that I am likely to never be able to walk properly like other children as my ataxia is a permanent condition. I will be fitted for a helmet and leg splints to protect me. I really love to be outside playing so We need enough to cover the cost of fitting something safe and soft incase I fall outside or have a seizure so I don't bang my head. please could someone help my family make a safe place for me to play outside with my favourite person, my sister Jorjia.

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Emma Armstrong
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