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Richard Thomas fund for Violet

When  Richard went in to hospital with a swollen leg in April 2018, he thought they were going to tell him he had a DVT, the last thing he was expecting to be told was that he has terminal prostate cancer.


At just 50 years of age and with a 10 week old baby girl, he was told the cancer had spread to his bones and that the only hope was that he would respond to hormone treatment and chemotherapy. 

Within weeks his treatment was underway and Richard developed sepsis to the chemo and it was decided it was too risky for him to continue that course of treatment. 

Hopes were raised that the hormone treatment alone was working. Until a few months ago when it stopped showing any effect. 

Over the past months he has battled hard, but the cancer was aggressive and Richard died peacefully in his sleep on the 18th November. 

Richard leaves behind his little girl Violet. 


As a family we have been financially dependent on Richard, as some of you know my fathers death wiped out all of my savings and I had to ask for help to get my half brother home from Thailand. I am still paying off those debts. 

We live in Italy and  before Violet I was only domicile here. Since Violet, I became a resident. For the state to help us,  I need to have been a resident for 5 years.  Violet is only 21 months old and Conor is only 6 years old.

We are now running out of funds. 

Violet  has already been cruelly robbed of having the daddy Richard could have been due to this heartbreaking illness.  Conor has also been cruelly robbed of a beloved daddy. 

If you are able to donate anything you have spare, it would help a lot. Any amount given is greatly appreciated, and will go a long way to help. 

Thank you!



Organiser

Kelly Hayes
Organiser
Province of Treviso

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