headstone for baby Rhys
Donation protected
22 years ago in 1997 our kind caring friend Sam Rae went through the pains of labour, knowing her first contraction was going to be fatal for the little baby boy she was carrying. Baby Rhys had anencephaly, this meant that the bones of his skull did not develop properly and his brain was not protected. Babies with this do not survive because there is no cure.
Sam found out the devastating news at her 20 week scan and so then had to go through labour to deliver Rhys knowing he would be born sleeping.
We cannot imagine how awful that must of been for Sam, as mothers it’s what we have nightmares about.
Baby Rhys did have a wooden cross but this perished long ago leaving him in an unmarked grave. By that stage Sam had her son Tadi and had to face many other struggles like loosing tadis dad to cancer and struggling to keep a roof over his head. Her last home was riddled with damp and the landlord sought to evict her rather than fix the problem of damp. The point being Sam has had enough to deal with and never been in a position to pay for headstone for Rhys but carried the heartache of him being in a unmarked grave.
As her friends we want to help her provide the headstone for her baby boy
Headstone range from £500 to £2000 so will aim for mid range at £1000.
Thank you for reading
Love
Karen, Sam Grant and Sam Brind
(Friends of baby Rhys’s mum Sam)
Sam found out the devastating news at her 20 week scan and so then had to go through labour to deliver Rhys knowing he would be born sleeping.
We cannot imagine how awful that must of been for Sam, as mothers it’s what we have nightmares about.
Baby Rhys did have a wooden cross but this perished long ago leaving him in an unmarked grave. By that stage Sam had her son Tadi and had to face many other struggles like loosing tadis dad to cancer and struggling to keep a roof over his head. Her last home was riddled with damp and the landlord sought to evict her rather than fix the problem of damp. The point being Sam has had enough to deal with and never been in a position to pay for headstone for Rhys but carried the heartache of him being in a unmarked grave.
As her friends we want to help her provide the headstone for her baby boy
Headstone range from £500 to £2000 so will aim for mid range at £1000.
Thank you for reading
Love
Karen, Sam Grant and Sam Brind
(Friends of baby Rhys’s mum Sam)
Fundraising team (2)
Karen Olbrechts
Organizer
England
Samantha Grant
Team member