30 Mile Wheelchair Push For AMPCAMP KIDS
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Hello my name is Paul Ellis
I am fundraising to help Ben Lovell send six amazing and strong children along
with their parents to AMPCAMP KIDS for a holiday of a lifetime spending a week in a 10 bedroom luxury villa on the island of Tenerife they will meet other children who have been through similar experiences.
I myself am a Double Below Knee Amputee since 2008 I will be pushing my day chair a round Victoria Park Widnes for 30 miles DRESSED IN A BANANA SUIT I will be starting about 7am on Saturday 5th of June or Sunday the 6th of June if it’s not Raining its going to be a hard challenge Pushing for over 12 hours
With Your Sponsorship on this challenge you can help send the children to AMPCAMP KIDS for a holiday of a lifetime A big thanks to you all in advance for your help and support
Lucas is a 13yr old Symes amputee who is a super friendly, empathetic, caring and consideration lad who loves adventures, baking and cold water swimming.
On a barmy September morning in 2011, Lucas age 3 at the time was playing in his grandparent’s garden when he unwittingly tried to climb onto his grandads ride on lawnmower and caught his left foot in the cutting blade. He severed the heel, and most of his calf but also cut through one of his main arteries and very nearly bled out. His grandad rushed him to hospital where doctors had immediately noted that he wouldn’t have survived waiting on an ambulance! In the hours following it was apparent that having lost his heel the foot could not be saved and it was in his best interests to amputate the foot through the ankle. With such resilience and fortitude for someone so young, Lucas shocked all, doctors included, with in his ability to smile, laugh, accept his loss and get on with it. He was up and about within days and got his first prosthetic 2 months later. Lucas likes to reflect on that day as the day he survived as opposed to the day he lost his foot and has gone through the past 10yrs never letting his disability stop him from what he really wants to do.
At 13 he’s now navigating the difficult teen years as a growing amputee, he’s lost count of the amount of legs and feet he’s gone through and is so thankful for the brilliant support and care received through his local disablement centre in Newcastle. Lockdown has had a huge effect on Lucas not being able to train with his swimming club, go on adventures with his scouts group or go rowing. Not letting it get in his way, Lucas has fostered an interest in Wim Hoff and recently taken to open cold water swimming. He recognises, as an amputee the importance of maintaining good health and wellbeing, specifically physical fitness and mental health. The time and space to connect with children in similar circumstances and adult amputees who share in these specific interests on an AmpCamp will be immeasurable and open the door to possible friendships and connections
Daisy-May is a 10 year old double amputee who came back fighting from a wheelchair to cartwheeling down the catwalk at the biggest fashion events around the world. Daisy was born with a birth defect called fibula hememelia which meant she had bones missing and deformities of her feet. Daisy required a double amputation when she was 18 months old, one above the knee and one below the knee. Her surgery’s didn’t go great with infections and other complications. But through it all she kept on smiling and showed fight. She inspires many people around the world on her social media pages on all her amazing adventures with her energy for life and big personality which won her a Pride of Britain award for child of courage. She has modelled for big high street names in the Uk and also traveled out to Austria to give a TedX talk. Daisy shows any dream is possible by working hard and believing in herself she was the first child double amputee to grace the catwalks at New York fashion week and Paris fashion week with the event on the Eiffel Tower making some history along the way. She’s now started acting, singing and dancing the sky’s the limit for this amazing girl.
Daisy-May is thriller to be the Ambassador and the inspiration behind Amp Camp kids and cannot wait to meet the rest of the children and show them all that anything is possible in life....
JUNE 2, 2021by Paul Ellis, Organizer
Ashton is a very active 12 year old boy. He loves playing Cricket and plays football for Crewe Alex FC, he is following his dreams of becoming a professorial footballer.
Sadly Ashton was recently diagnosed with Osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer. Ashton’s cancer is an aggressive high grade cancer. Even After 2 cycles of chemotherapy, The tumour on his leg grew to around 16cm’s meaning we were unable to save it. Ashton had his leg amputated in April removing his knee and lower leg.
This month Ashton has returned to his treatment. He’s receiving another 4 cycles of chemotherapy along side immunotherapy which will conclude in December. Ashton treatment is gruelling. He’s lost his leg, his hair, he feels constantly fatigued, sick, headaches, mouth sores, rashes, stomach pains, nerve pain, and many more nasty side effects yet his smile remains. He’s such a positive boy and hopes to resume his sporting career.
He’s missing his friends, school life and all his sports especially football. His life is on hold. Amp camp Is giving Ashton something to look forward to.
I am looking forward to Ashton meeting other children just like him. Meeting other people like him who have over come adversity and have found happiness in chasing their dreams, will inspire Ashton to keep pushing and never give up. This will be invaluable to him. He’s been through more than most adults will ever experience and he still has along way to go. I am so grateful for the support Ben is offering these children, it’s important they are supported mentally and emotionally. Thank you Amp Camp for offering a little light at the end of the tunnel
AmeliaThis is a short bio her mom sent to Ben
Hi Ben, so lovely to chat with you today and we are so excited and grateful to have this opportunity to visit the amp camp retreat.
A little bit about Amelia:
On Amelia’s 7th birthday, August 2017, she was diagnosed with osteosarcoma tumour in her left femur.
After 2 cycles of intense chemo, scans revealed the tumour had not shrunk so her leg would need to be amputated, then a further 10 months of chemo.
We were given 2 options - 1) full amputation to her hip, which would mean she would permanently be a wheelchair user and no prosthesis option really. 2) Rotationplasty surgery - a rare procedure in England where her knee and thigh is removed, lower leg saved and reattached to the top of her leg backwards. This, if successful, results in her foot being used as her ‘knee’ and therefore a working joint to attach a prosthesis to.
Amelia chose rotationplasty after watching a YouTube video of a girl in America who had the same procedure and after time was able to dance again.
Amelia’s aim has been to dance again, which 10 months after her surgery she achieved with her first prosthesis.
Now Amelia has further goals she wants to achieve. In the past 2 years she amazes us with her determination and so far has learnt to ride a specialised trike, climb, roller skate, ice skate, water body board, continues her swimming lessons, loves assault courses and hopes to achieve more athletic activity when she hopefully gets her first blade this summer.
Amelia happily shares her story and hopes to inspire other children.
I’m going to show each family so that people can see who and where the money is going and how amazing these people are
This is Williams story by his mom Gemma Reckless
Until January last year William was a healthy little boy who loved to be outside running around in the garden with his little sister.
One weekend he became poorly with what we thought was just a bug, unfortunately it turned out to be sepsis and our lives were turned upside down. William was induced into a coma and blue lighted to the nearest paediatric intensive care unit. On arrival his heart stopped and we were told to say our goodbyes. It’s the most painful experience of our lives and every parents worst nightmare.
Incredibly, being the little fighter he is, after 8 days in a coma, he pulled through. But that was just the start. The sepsis had caused irreparable damage to his hands and feet and in March last year he had both legs and nine fingers amputated.
It’s been heartbreaking to see him go through so much pain and have to sit on the sidelines watching his sister. However in true William style he’s never stopped smiling. He was soon being fitted for prosthetics, learning to walk again, started school in September and is the happiest little boy I know. Yes life now has its challenges but with his attitude we know there’s nothing he won’t overcome.
Unfortunately due to covid William hasn’t been able to meet any other children with prosthetics and is starting to realise he is different to all his friends at school. To be able to spend a week with lots of other brilliant kids like him
JUNE 2, 2021by Paul Ellis, Organizer
In July 2015 Reuben suffered a minor burn, despite him being really unwell and a hospital check up we were advised he was fine and had tonsillitis. The next day Reuben was admitted to hospital with severe sepsis. He was blue lighted to St Mary's London from Ipswich, on arrival there it was clear Reuben was fighting for his life.
I was told that I needed to prepare myself for goodbye and that the most to hope for was he would make it through the night.
Reuben in his true fighting nature defied the odds and made it to the next day. Then the consultant informed us that he had suffered extreme damage to his feet and hands, in order to try and save at least one of his feet he needed to have urgent surgery which did come with risk as he was still in an induced coma and on life support.
Again his strength shone through and he got through the operation. The consultant called us in an she had tears in her eyes as she said that the signs were goid for Reuben surviving but there was no indication as to the extent of the organ and brain damage until he was woken up and that it was highly likely he would lose one or both legs as well as his hands.
By this time his feet and fingers were turning black from the damage but all I could think was my son is alive and its only legs and fingers!
I was very naive but hugely grateful Reuben was still with us.
The next few weeks were a blur and resulted in Reuben having two below knee amputations and 7 finger amputations.
From the day I came so close to losing him I made a promise to myself whatever happened I would keep positive .
That was not always easy when having to fight to get basics like a wheelchair and seeing your 3 year old child cry in pain from badly fitting prosthetics. But that made me more determined to fight and ensure he was never held back from doing anything.
Fast forward and Reuben is now a very energetic and positive 8 year old. An 8 year old that has been through more than many in this world but never let's anything stop him
Reuben
William
Amelia
Ashton
Daisy-May Demetre
Lucas
Paul Ellis
I am fundraising to help Ben Lovell send six amazing and strong children along
with their parents to AMPCAMP KIDS for a holiday of a lifetime spending a week in a 10 bedroom luxury villa on the island of Tenerife they will meet other children who have been through similar experiences.
I myself am a Double Below Knee Amputee since 2008 I will be pushing my day chair a round Victoria Park Widnes for 30 miles DRESSED IN A BANANA SUIT I will be starting about 7am on Saturday 5th of June or Sunday the 6th of June if it’s not Raining its going to be a hard challenge Pushing for over 12 hours
With Your Sponsorship on this challenge you can help send the children to AMPCAMP KIDS for a holiday of a lifetime A big thanks to you all in advance for your help and support
Lucas is a 13yr old Symes amputee who is a super friendly, empathetic, caring and consideration lad who loves adventures, baking and cold water swimming.
On a barmy September morning in 2011, Lucas age 3 at the time was playing in his grandparent’s garden when he unwittingly tried to climb onto his grandads ride on lawnmower and caught his left foot in the cutting blade. He severed the heel, and most of his calf but also cut through one of his main arteries and very nearly bled out. His grandad rushed him to hospital where doctors had immediately noted that he wouldn’t have survived waiting on an ambulance! In the hours following it was apparent that having lost his heel the foot could not be saved and it was in his best interests to amputate the foot through the ankle. With such resilience and fortitude for someone so young, Lucas shocked all, doctors included, with in his ability to smile, laugh, accept his loss and get on with it. He was up and about within days and got his first prosthetic 2 months later. Lucas likes to reflect on that day as the day he survived as opposed to the day he lost his foot and has gone through the past 10yrs never letting his disability stop him from what he really wants to do.
At 13 he’s now navigating the difficult teen years as a growing amputee, he’s lost count of the amount of legs and feet he’s gone through and is so thankful for the brilliant support and care received through his local disablement centre in Newcastle. Lockdown has had a huge effect on Lucas not being able to train with his swimming club, go on adventures with his scouts group or go rowing. Not letting it get in his way, Lucas has fostered an interest in Wim Hoff and recently taken to open cold water swimming. He recognises, as an amputee the importance of maintaining good health and wellbeing, specifically physical fitness and mental health. The time and space to connect with children in similar circumstances and adult amputees who share in these specific interests on an AmpCamp will be immeasurable and open the door to possible friendships and connections
Daisy-May is a 10 year old double amputee who came back fighting from a wheelchair to cartwheeling down the catwalk at the biggest fashion events around the world. Daisy was born with a birth defect called fibula hememelia which meant she had bones missing and deformities of her feet. Daisy required a double amputation when she was 18 months old, one above the knee and one below the knee. Her surgery’s didn’t go great with infections and other complications. But through it all she kept on smiling and showed fight. She inspires many people around the world on her social media pages on all her amazing adventures with her energy for life and big personality which won her a Pride of Britain award for child of courage. She has modelled for big high street names in the Uk and also traveled out to Austria to give a TedX talk. Daisy shows any dream is possible by working hard and believing in herself she was the first child double amputee to grace the catwalks at New York fashion week and Paris fashion week with the event on the Eiffel Tower making some history along the way. She’s now started acting, singing and dancing the sky’s the limit for this amazing girl.
Daisy-May is thriller to be the Ambassador and the inspiration behind Amp Camp kids and cannot wait to meet the rest of the children and show them all that anything is possible in life....
JUNE 2, 2021by Paul Ellis, Organizer
Ashton is a very active 12 year old boy. He loves playing Cricket and plays football for Crewe Alex FC, he is following his dreams of becoming a professorial footballer.
Sadly Ashton was recently diagnosed with Osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer. Ashton’s cancer is an aggressive high grade cancer. Even After 2 cycles of chemotherapy, The tumour on his leg grew to around 16cm’s meaning we were unable to save it. Ashton had his leg amputated in April removing his knee and lower leg.
This month Ashton has returned to his treatment. He’s receiving another 4 cycles of chemotherapy along side immunotherapy which will conclude in December. Ashton treatment is gruelling. He’s lost his leg, his hair, he feels constantly fatigued, sick, headaches, mouth sores, rashes, stomach pains, nerve pain, and many more nasty side effects yet his smile remains. He’s such a positive boy and hopes to resume his sporting career.
He’s missing his friends, school life and all his sports especially football. His life is on hold. Amp camp Is giving Ashton something to look forward to.
I am looking forward to Ashton meeting other children just like him. Meeting other people like him who have over come adversity and have found happiness in chasing their dreams, will inspire Ashton to keep pushing and never give up. This will be invaluable to him. He’s been through more than most adults will ever experience and he still has along way to go. I am so grateful for the support Ben is offering these children, it’s important they are supported mentally and emotionally. Thank you Amp Camp for offering a little light at the end of the tunnel
AmeliaThis is a short bio her mom sent to Ben
Hi Ben, so lovely to chat with you today and we are so excited and grateful to have this opportunity to visit the amp camp retreat.
A little bit about Amelia:
On Amelia’s 7th birthday, August 2017, she was diagnosed with osteosarcoma tumour in her left femur.
After 2 cycles of intense chemo, scans revealed the tumour had not shrunk so her leg would need to be amputated, then a further 10 months of chemo.
We were given 2 options - 1) full amputation to her hip, which would mean she would permanently be a wheelchair user and no prosthesis option really. 2) Rotationplasty surgery - a rare procedure in England where her knee and thigh is removed, lower leg saved and reattached to the top of her leg backwards. This, if successful, results in her foot being used as her ‘knee’ and therefore a working joint to attach a prosthesis to.
Amelia chose rotationplasty after watching a YouTube video of a girl in America who had the same procedure and after time was able to dance again.
Amelia’s aim has been to dance again, which 10 months after her surgery she achieved with her first prosthesis.
Now Amelia has further goals she wants to achieve. In the past 2 years she amazes us with her determination and so far has learnt to ride a specialised trike, climb, roller skate, ice skate, water body board, continues her swimming lessons, loves assault courses and hopes to achieve more athletic activity when she hopefully gets her first blade this summer.
Amelia happily shares her story and hopes to inspire other children.
I’m going to show each family so that people can see who and where the money is going and how amazing these people are
This is Williams story by his mom Gemma Reckless
Until January last year William was a healthy little boy who loved to be outside running around in the garden with his little sister.
One weekend he became poorly with what we thought was just a bug, unfortunately it turned out to be sepsis and our lives were turned upside down. William was induced into a coma and blue lighted to the nearest paediatric intensive care unit. On arrival his heart stopped and we were told to say our goodbyes. It’s the most painful experience of our lives and every parents worst nightmare.
Incredibly, being the little fighter he is, after 8 days in a coma, he pulled through. But that was just the start. The sepsis had caused irreparable damage to his hands and feet and in March last year he had both legs and nine fingers amputated.
It’s been heartbreaking to see him go through so much pain and have to sit on the sidelines watching his sister. However in true William style he’s never stopped smiling. He was soon being fitted for prosthetics, learning to walk again, started school in September and is the happiest little boy I know. Yes life now has its challenges but with his attitude we know there’s nothing he won’t overcome.
Unfortunately due to covid William hasn’t been able to meet any other children with prosthetics and is starting to realise he is different to all his friends at school. To be able to spend a week with lots of other brilliant kids like him
JUNE 2, 2021by Paul Ellis, Organizer
In July 2015 Reuben suffered a minor burn, despite him being really unwell and a hospital check up we were advised he was fine and had tonsillitis. The next day Reuben was admitted to hospital with severe sepsis. He was blue lighted to St Mary's London from Ipswich, on arrival there it was clear Reuben was fighting for his life.
I was told that I needed to prepare myself for goodbye and that the most to hope for was he would make it through the night.
Reuben in his true fighting nature defied the odds and made it to the next day. Then the consultant informed us that he had suffered extreme damage to his feet and hands, in order to try and save at least one of his feet he needed to have urgent surgery which did come with risk as he was still in an induced coma and on life support.
Again his strength shone through and he got through the operation. The consultant called us in an she had tears in her eyes as she said that the signs were goid for Reuben surviving but there was no indication as to the extent of the organ and brain damage until he was woken up and that it was highly likely he would lose one or both legs as well as his hands.
By this time his feet and fingers were turning black from the damage but all I could think was my son is alive and its only legs and fingers!
I was very naive but hugely grateful Reuben was still with us.
The next few weeks were a blur and resulted in Reuben having two below knee amputations and 7 finger amputations.
From the day I came so close to losing him I made a promise to myself whatever happened I would keep positive .
That was not always easy when having to fight to get basics like a wheelchair and seeing your 3 year old child cry in pain from badly fitting prosthetics. But that made me more determined to fight and ensure he was never held back from doing anything.
Fast forward and Reuben is now a very energetic and positive 8 year old. An 8 year old that has been through more than many in this world but never let's anything stop him
Reuben William Amelia Ashton Daisy-May Demetre Lucas Paul Ellis Organizer
Paul Ellis
Organizer
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