Help little Amelia Morrison & her family
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Amelia's story..
Amelia was born on Christmas day 2011. She is an extraordinary little girl, here is her story..
Sadly she was a very poorly baby and was put on oxygen from birth. She had heart failure and had to have a keyhole operation on her heart and also open heart surgery. From birth she has been gastrostomy fed which means she has a button in her stomach which allows her to be peg fed her milk and water.
Unfortunately Amelia is still to this day undiagnosed.
Amelia spent the first year of her life in hospital, the majority of that was in the RVI Newcastle, away from the family home town in Darlington.
The family were told Amelia wouldn't be able to move her legs or lift her head for a VERY long time if ever. But Amelia has always been a true fighter and went home and proved everybody wrong! She began supporting her own head and kicking her little legs.
Although she has been in and out of hospital scaring us her whole life, she has become such a strong little girl with such a big character.
At the age of 4, our little miracle was strong enough to come off her oxygen and breathe all by herself!! She is now 7 and still surprises her family every single day. Although Amelia may not be able to walk, talk, eat or drink, that certainly doesn't stop her loving her life! I mean who needs to walk when you can bum shuffle as fast as lightning?! And why talk like everyone else when you can have your own special voice?! Her little whisper has gotten louder and louder over the years, and she can now use her special voice to shout for mam and dad along with many other words and ways to express herself.
But as Amelia has gotten so big and very heavy, unfortunately Mum Terri Morrison (30) and Dad Richard Morrison (31) are finding it extremely hard to perform their daily routines with Amelia. Things most of us find so simple like putting our kids in the bath and taking them up to bed are very difficult. With NO EQUIPMENT what so ever other than her chair, these things are a huge struggle for her parents. They were granted £30,000 from the coucil to build them an extension with adaptations to meet Amelia's needs. Sadly Terri received an unexpected phone call this morning to be told she now needs to put an extra £4,300 towards the extension. As parents of 2 other children Alfie (13) and Archie (4) you can imagine finding that sort of money is almost impossible. Having been giving no time to attempt to save, this news has left the family devastated and heartbroken with worry of how they are going to manage much longer.
As a last resort I am turning to the public to kindly ask you to help my sister and her family. Amelia really is so special, her smile alone can light up a room immediately. She's such a loving little girl with the most amazing bubbly personality you could imagine. Despite all her problems and special needs, she has never let that stop her living her best life!
A little goes a long way, even the smallest of donations will help them get closer to reaching their goal and their dream of making life that much easier for the whole family.
I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking your time to read Amelia's story. And the family will be more than grateful for any help possible.
Thanks again Auntie Holly xxx
Amelia was born on Christmas day 2011. She is an extraordinary little girl, here is her story..
Sadly she was a very poorly baby and was put on oxygen from birth. She had heart failure and had to have a keyhole operation on her heart and also open heart surgery. From birth she has been gastrostomy fed which means she has a button in her stomach which allows her to be peg fed her milk and water.
Unfortunately Amelia is still to this day undiagnosed.
Amelia spent the first year of her life in hospital, the majority of that was in the RVI Newcastle, away from the family home town in Darlington.
The family were told Amelia wouldn't be able to move her legs or lift her head for a VERY long time if ever. But Amelia has always been a true fighter and went home and proved everybody wrong! She began supporting her own head and kicking her little legs.
Although she has been in and out of hospital scaring us her whole life, she has become such a strong little girl with such a big character.
At the age of 4, our little miracle was strong enough to come off her oxygen and breathe all by herself!! She is now 7 and still surprises her family every single day. Although Amelia may not be able to walk, talk, eat or drink, that certainly doesn't stop her loving her life! I mean who needs to walk when you can bum shuffle as fast as lightning?! And why talk like everyone else when you can have your own special voice?! Her little whisper has gotten louder and louder over the years, and she can now use her special voice to shout for mam and dad along with many other words and ways to express herself.
But as Amelia has gotten so big and very heavy, unfortunately Mum Terri Morrison (30) and Dad Richard Morrison (31) are finding it extremely hard to perform their daily routines with Amelia. Things most of us find so simple like putting our kids in the bath and taking them up to bed are very difficult. With NO EQUIPMENT what so ever other than her chair, these things are a huge struggle for her parents. They were granted £30,000 from the coucil to build them an extension with adaptations to meet Amelia's needs. Sadly Terri received an unexpected phone call this morning to be told she now needs to put an extra £4,300 towards the extension. As parents of 2 other children Alfie (13) and Archie (4) you can imagine finding that sort of money is almost impossible. Having been giving no time to attempt to save, this news has left the family devastated and heartbroken with worry of how they are going to manage much longer.
As a last resort I am turning to the public to kindly ask you to help my sister and her family. Amelia really is so special, her smile alone can light up a room immediately. She's such a loving little girl with the most amazing bubbly personality you could imagine. Despite all her problems and special needs, she has never let that stop her living her best life!
A little goes a long way, even the smallest of donations will help them get closer to reaching their goal and their dream of making life that much easier for the whole family.
I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking your time to read Amelia's story. And the family will be more than grateful for any help possible.
Thanks again Auntie Holly xxx
Organiser
Holly Hodgson
Organiser
England