Blakes Story

4 year old Blake went into Hull Royal hospital on the 2nd February 2018, with what was thought to be dehydration from a stomach virus. He became so weak he couldn’t hold his own head up, he could hardly speak he began to slur his words he then lost his sight and became unresponsive.

They then sent young Blake off to Sheffield Children’s Hospital where he currently remains fighting every step of the way. As soon as Blake got to hospital the testing started to try find out what was happening to this healthy happy little boy, then they found Blake had got the Flu B in his blood which made him unresponsive and then didn’t open his eyes again for over a week, all while mum, Kirsty, sat by his bedside while his bothers Haydon who is 10 and Kayleb who is 6 were waiting back in hull with grandparents, going back and fourth between Hull and Sheffield a family split by the tragedy of this illness that came from no where.

Blake has Acute Necrotizing Encephalitis which is a rare brain disease so rare there are only 150 cases documented, mainly being in Asia, heartbreakingly this disease carries a prognosis of 30% survival rate and only a 10% recovery rate but always left with some form of brain damage sadly there is no known cure only supportive treatment, Blake was a happy healthy little boy attending school where he is very fondly thought of.
 We would like to raise some money to support the family with there travel costs and anything else that can keep Blake comfortable and fighting through this. Any donation would be hugely grateful. Thank you x