Chris's last Adventure
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Today, we received the most devastating news, that our son Chris's Leukaemia has returned and that he has at most a couple of months to live.
Christopher is 24 and has been on cancer treatment for 9 years at Southampton General Hospital and later, when conventional treatments had been exhausted, he continued fighting by taking part in medical trials at King's College Hospital in London.
He has been through 6 relapses and received in total 70 months of treatment. Including; 2 Bone Marrow Transplants, a hip replacement and three highly experimental treatments. He's suffered countless infections, complications, as well as a collapsed shoulder and has spent years in isolation.
Chris has had to endure more pain and stress than anybody should ever have to in a lifetime, let alone compressed into a difficult 9 years whilst also growing from a teenager into an adult.
Because of his years of treatment and hospitalisation, Chris has missed out on his teenage years and the freedoms and life experiences that come with being a young adult. He's never been free to wonder and travel; never having the opportunity to do the one thing he desired most, to travel and experience different cultures around the world.
His biggest wishes have always been to travel to Japan and see Mt. Fuji as well as to see a SpaceX Rocket launch at Cape Canaveral in the US. This is what we are trying to raise money for.
Chris would also like to fund a vending machine for patients and family members on the Teenage Cancer Trust's, Teenage and Young Adult unit in Southampton General Hospital, where he received the majority of his treatment.
The doctors told us that Chris 's condition is worsening rapidly and if he wanted to go somewhere, now is the time to do it.
We understand that you may wish to have verification of this plea. If that is the case, please do not hesitate to email me under [email redacted], and I will happily give you the contact number or email address from one of Chris's medical team at Southampton General.
We know that we are asking a lot, but this young man deserves to have a trip of a lifetime, a last adventure. Time is precious and we would be most grateful for any contributions made. No matter how small.
We all only live once, if we do it right, once is enough. Please let us help Chris live his as best as he can.
Fundraising team: Smith Clan (3)
Birgit Smith
Organizer
Chris Smith
Beneficiary
Johnathan Smith
Team member
