Help illiana access a NUT FREE Secondary School.
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I have decided to turn to go fund me to try and raise some money for my beautiful daughter illiana, to access a safe, Nut free education. I am a full-time single parent and full-time student working towards my degree in Psychology.
To begin this fundraiser, I feel an insight to our life so far may open the reason for this go fund me page. illiana had her first allergic reaction at three months old, she was airlifted and taken into resuscitation. She spent a further four days in intensive care, this was just the beginning of illianas battle with her Allergies. As a baby she spent so much of her life in and out of hospital because of her Allergies and Asthma. As her parent I have lost count of the amount of adrenaline pens we have administered, the hospital stays, and sleepless nights. Living with Allergies has not only affected her way of eating but her whole life and well-being. As she has grown her reactions have become more intense and out of control. In 2018 she was diagnosed with an enlarged Thyroid Gland and Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria with Angioedema of her tongue, Bowel problems as well as her growing list of Allergies and Asthma. Seeing your child struggling to breath because of a food or environmental factor, the colour draining from their face and asphyxiation of their airways gives you a feeling of utter helplessness. illiana has had three adrenaline pens in the last two weeks alone and now we are faced with a five-day hospital stay to find more supportive medications.
illianas medical conditions including her airborne nut and egg allergy restrict her ability to live a normal life, it is hard for others to understand the impact of this. We cannot travel on boats, planes, buses, taxis, or trains and everywhere I take illiana must be assessed and planned to always ensure she is safe. If nuts are consumed around a child with a nut allergy or in the same building this causes an Anaphylaxis. Because of this illiana has attended a Nut free childminder, moving onto a Nut free preschool and she is now finishing her last year in a Nut free primary school.
It is now time to apply for her to attend secondary and the local secondary schools have over a thousand pupils and are not Nut free. I have phoned around and found a school that she can access that is nut free, that would be safe for her, where she can learn and make friends without the risk of having a severe life-threatening reaction. However, the fees are £12,090 per year, as a single parent and full time student I don't have the ability to cover these fees.
We are under multiple consultants in London, Southampton and Cornwall because her conditions are needing a vast level of care.
I am studying my degree to work in Health Psychology, to help children that have faced medical battles like illiana to give them the support and time they need. Because i know as a mum how much pain you feel when your child has a condition and the impact on not only their physical health but mental health.
illiana wants to learn so much, she wants to have the ability to attend a safe environment. To make friends and just be the beautiful young free spirit she is. In life she has already had to go without so much, that if I can make this happen through go fund me it would be the most wonderful gift, I could give to her, that of a safe learning environment.
Thank you so much for taking your time to read our story.
Frankie and illiana. xx
To begin this fundraiser, I feel an insight to our life so far may open the reason for this go fund me page. illiana had her first allergic reaction at three months old, she was airlifted and taken into resuscitation. She spent a further four days in intensive care, this was just the beginning of illianas battle with her Allergies. As a baby she spent so much of her life in and out of hospital because of her Allergies and Asthma. As her parent I have lost count of the amount of adrenaline pens we have administered, the hospital stays, and sleepless nights. Living with Allergies has not only affected her way of eating but her whole life and well-being. As she has grown her reactions have become more intense and out of control. In 2018 she was diagnosed with an enlarged Thyroid Gland and Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria with Angioedema of her tongue, Bowel problems as well as her growing list of Allergies and Asthma. Seeing your child struggling to breath because of a food or environmental factor, the colour draining from their face and asphyxiation of their airways gives you a feeling of utter helplessness. illiana has had three adrenaline pens in the last two weeks alone and now we are faced with a five-day hospital stay to find more supportive medications.
illianas medical conditions including her airborne nut and egg allergy restrict her ability to live a normal life, it is hard for others to understand the impact of this. We cannot travel on boats, planes, buses, taxis, or trains and everywhere I take illiana must be assessed and planned to always ensure she is safe. If nuts are consumed around a child with a nut allergy or in the same building this causes an Anaphylaxis. Because of this illiana has attended a Nut free childminder, moving onto a Nut free preschool and she is now finishing her last year in a Nut free primary school.
It is now time to apply for her to attend secondary and the local secondary schools have over a thousand pupils and are not Nut free. I have phoned around and found a school that she can access that is nut free, that would be safe for her, where she can learn and make friends without the risk of having a severe life-threatening reaction. However, the fees are £12,090 per year, as a single parent and full time student I don't have the ability to cover these fees.
We are under multiple consultants in London, Southampton and Cornwall because her conditions are needing a vast level of care.
I am studying my degree to work in Health Psychology, to help children that have faced medical battles like illiana to give them the support and time they need. Because i know as a mum how much pain you feel when your child has a condition and the impact on not only their physical health but mental health.
illiana wants to learn so much, she wants to have the ability to attend a safe environment. To make friends and just be the beautiful young free spirit she is. In life she has already had to go without so much, that if I can make this happen through go fund me it would be the most wonderful gift, I could give to her, that of a safe learning environment.
Thank you so much for taking your time to read our story.
Frankie and illiana. xx
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Francesca Yeo
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