Hi Everyone, 

In July last year I suffered a stroke which left me unconscious for nearly 8 hours. The doctors did everything they could to get me back to normal but one thing that have been left with is  permenant damage to my eyes. 

From July my eyes have been getting worse and I’m loosing vision rapidly. In 9 months (Jul-May) I have lost full vision in my left eye and very little left in my right eye.  I was back and forth to hospitals in and around West Sussex and London for them to try and figure out what the medical issue is. Unfortunately there is nothing doctors can do to regain my vision and very soon I will be permenanty blind. 

I have taken this the best I can and have done everything to try and keep my independence. With only being 22 years old I want to get as many life experiences as I can and live life to the max . I was registered blind and I had a 6 weeks training course on using my white cane and adaptations within my home to help me in day to day living. 

Within the 9 months I’ve had to give up my dream of Cabin Crew with a well known airline and relocate from London Gatwick to Norwich where I’ll be closer to family for support throughout my sight loss journey and beyond.

The next step within my journey is to be trained and get a Guide Dog so i would be able to maintain my independence so I can get out and about with little supervision instead of being monitored at all times by friends and family. I see this as an important step to progressing with my life and setting new challenges and with the ultimate goal of one day gaining employment again. 

After speaking with Guide Dogs UK I have decided to raise money to help with the training of a new dog. To train a dog it costs the charity £56,000 and this is all from donations from amazing people. 

 Thank you in advance for your reading of my story and hopefully a contribution to this cause that means personally  so much to me and my family. 

More information about The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association: Guide Dogs exists to provide life-changing services to the 360,000 people who are registered blind or partially sighted, and the two million people in the UK living with sight loss. We are best known for our world-famous guide dogs, but our work now encompasses so much more. In recent years, we have expanded our services beyond our dogs to help thousands of people with different needs lead confident, independent and fulfilling lives.