Tee Jays Travels

On 3rd August 2018, after lots of X-ray’s and MRI scans, TeeJay aged 5 got diagnosed with a rare childhood condition called Perthes disease.  Perthes disease is a rare childhood  condition that affects the hip. It occurs           when the blood supply to the rounded head of the femur (thighbone) is temporarily disr-upted. Without an adequate blood supply,    the bone cells die, a process called avascular       necrosis.  No-one knows what causes this     disease, but is extremely painful. 

On 8th October an excited Tee Jay set of for his caravan holiday , on the 9th Tee Jay was   in so much pain local paramedics arrived at      the caravan park and administered pain           relief ( morphine and Brufen) before they      could transfer him to the Blackpool Victoria Hospital, were he spent the rest of his hols.  

On returning home tee jay attended his con-sultants appointment at the Royal Hospital   for sick children in Edinburgh where he was told that his Perthes disease had hit the          worst stage and his consultant would have    to intervene. 

On 7th January 19, tee jay had a femoral         osteatemy (cut the thigh bone, push ball          joint as close to the socket so it can reform   and place a metal plate and pins to hold it in  place.) When tee jay was in theatre a piece  of his thigh bone snapped completely which    meant he needed a larger plate and more        screws. This meant tee jay was unable to         weight bare for 9 weeks. 

After my 11 year old son  Riley overheard a   conversation that me and his granny where having, about everything tee jay has been       through since being diagnosed with Perthes disease and the pain and suffering he has        had to go through and the appointments he has had to attend , Riley thought it would be   nice if we could try and raise some money sothat tee jay could go back to Blackpool with his family in October 2020, after his next        operation in January 2020. I thought this        was a really kind gesture and was very              proud when he came to me with his idea. So  we decided to set up this page to see if we     could raise the lovey for his trip. 

In the meantime tee jay will continue               getting physio therapy until his operation.    At the moment the consultant is unsure of    tee jays outcome but hopefully after some   years he will be back to his normal self again.

Any small donation is appreciated and will    go along way to seeing tee jay re live his          Blackpool holiday.  Thanks to everyone          who’s reading xxxxx