My name is Tom and as some of you know may know, my wonderful wife and mum to our 2 year old daughter has been very ill recently. Laura-Anne's health hasn't been simple since we met 10 years ago - but she has always kept going, pushed through and been there for others no matter what. The last couple of years have been a manageable struggle, however over the past 6 months things have taken a sharp decline. So far the doctors don't have much of an idea what's going on, and the concern for her health alongside the effects of all the various medications (adrenaline, steroids, etc) is rising.

For anyone that doesn't know, my wife has been suffering from severe anaphylactic shocks (often multiple times a day, resulting in multiple hospital admissions a week). She's probably spent more time in hospital than at home over the past few months and being away from her family is breaking her. Amelia is now starting to understand that mummy is poorly, which is so hard to see as her dad.

On 9th February, Laura-Anne was taken into hospital with another attack. Unfortunately whilst having a further attack in hospital, she went into peri arrest: ending up in intensive care and very nearly being intubated (we've been told one more episode like that and she is likely to end up in coma).

Due to our situation I have had to give up full time work to be her carer and look after our Amelia. Until recently I have managed to make a part time role work, but due to the increasing frequency and severity of these episode I have had to miss a lot of shifts, and it's a scary time for us on all fronts.

We have managed to find some specialist clinics, doctors and hospitals who could hopefully help Laura-Anne and really change her life - however these cost money. So we're asking for just enough to cover a couple of initial appointments, to get the ball rolling, then we can work out next steps from there. Anything over asked amount will go towards more appointments/tests/medications.

If you know my wife, then you'll know she is genuinely the most selfless person; she has always put others before herself, made sure her friends and family are okay before she is, her entire career has been looking after people in healthcare, and even now all she talks about is how excited she is to get back to work. Despite everything going on, she is just the best mum to our little girl and I will do anything to make sure we don't lose any more of her than we already have done.

Thank you for reading - any kind of support helps. I know she hates that we've had to do this and has refused throughout, however we’re running out of options.