Thank you for the support

We had been extremely fortunate that a very kind friend had started a fundraising page for Zac not long after his surgery.  It removed a huge amount of financial stress from me and Seb, considering we hadn’t worked since Zac’s diagnosis and likely wouldn’t until some time after his treatment was finished.  It also allowed us to fund our stay in Germany.  There had been a huge amount of support on his page and we had been totally overwhelmed by the generosity and love shown by friends, family and strangers.  There was many a night I spent reading through messages of support, while Zac was sleeping, that moved me to tears and filled me with hope.  Several fundraising activities took place, from Zac’s nursery’s sponsored dinosaur stomp walk, a charity football match in Prudhoe and a fundraising night organised by my sister in the Cayman Islands.  Living in hospital means you live in a little bubble, so it was incredible to see so many people out there rooting for our boy.

On the morning of the 6th Feb, despite terrible weather conditions, many of the nursery workers along with other parents, children and some of our family members walked from the nursery to Jesmond Dene.  We were blown away seeing the amount of people who attended, and it was very emotional watching the videos and seeing pictures of everyone along the walk.