My Brave Boy
Jack
Just over a year ago Jack Close was undergoing a life-saving bone
marrow transplant. What a difference now as Jack is now fighting fit and
back to school. His Mum Laura tells all in her book 'My Brave Boy
Jack', which chronicles her daily emotions.
- Jack was
diagnosed in Aug 2006 with a rare blood condition called chronic granulomatous
disorder, which was wrecking his immune system. It meant cells in his bone
marrow could not fight off bacteria, which left Jack susceptible to infection,
which could potentially have led to his death.
Laura, from Rowlands
Gill received funding from the Barbour Trust, Greggs and Procter & Gamble to
help get the book to print. "It has been a rollercoaster of emotions and
the book tells our story. I only hope people will buy it so we can make as
much money as possible for the hospital"
If you would
like to purchase a copy of this book then please send a cheque for £6 made payable
to the 'Bubble Foundation UK' to Ward 23, Newcastle General Hospital,
Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 6BE, including your full name and
address.
Chris Jarmey - Taiji
Qigong DVD - NOW 1/2 PRICE!
Do you want to improve your health
and at the same time improve the lives of the babies and children on the
Children’s Bone Marrow Transplant Unit? Then buy the DVD 'Taiji Qigong -The
Road to Health and Vitality' with all proceeds going to the Bubble Foundation
UK.
Qigong is an easy-to-learn system of
energy enhancing exercises widely practised in the Far
East and increasingly so throughout the Western world.
The ancient art of Taiji Qigong is fast becoming a
useful tool in the fight against stress levels as we battle with a host of
health problems associated with the pace of 21st century living. If
practised regularly, it can help gently build and regulate your vitality by
enhancing your energy levels.
Qi, then permeates every part of our bodies, keeping
each cell and bodily function alive, benefiting heart, lungs, kidney, digestion,
by balancing the quantity and circulation of qi in our bodies. This method
is simple to learn so most people should be able to master the basic movements
within a week or so. Mastering the subtleties and nuances will take much
longer....
Chris Jarmey has spent 30 years researching and
practising bodywork-based healing methods alongside Buddhist and Daoist Qigong,
Yoga and meditation methods. He was Principle and Course Director of the
European
Shiatsu School.
The DVD's now only cost £5 each (£8 outside
of the UK) including postage and
packaging. If you would like to support us please send a cheque made
payable to the 'Bubble Foundation UK' to Ward 23, Newcastle General
Hospital, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 6BE, including the number of
DVDs you would like and your full name and
address.
Businesses!
Help the babies and
children by pledging to sell as many copies as you can within your
organisation. Let us know how many you want and we will arrange delivery. Only
pay us once you have sold them - so no money is required up front. Return any
unsold.
The Childrens Bone
Marrow Transplant Unit treats babies and children from Scotland, Northern
England through to the Midlands, Northern and Southern Ireland.
Thank
you.
Sue Pollard becomes
first Bubble Buddy!
Every charity needs friends and we would
like to invite you to become a ‘Bubble Buddy’. By becoming a Bubble Buddy you will play
a vital role in the future of the Bubble Foundation
UK and help us to
commit more and more towards babies and children with immune deficiency
problems.
The Bubble
Foundation UK supports the Bone Marrow
Transplant (Bubble) Unit, one of only two specialised centres in the British Isles, treating babies born without an immune
system, by bone marrow transplantation.
Unable to fight infection, the most severe condition, Severe Combined
Immune Deficiency (SCID) is fatal if untreated within a year of birth. The Unit
also treats older children suffering from other immunodeficiencies, which if
untreated, lead to disability in late childhood and often death by early
adulthood. Uprooted from their
homes and families, typically babies and children spend 6+ months in a 'bubble'
of clean air while undergoing treatment.
The Bubble
Foundation UK raises funds for
various aspects of work not covered by NHS mainstream sources. The NHS provides
the core funding including equipment, staff salaries and drugs. We add quality and value. That is making things more comfortable,
more accessible and supporting families at a very stressful time. This
includes:-
- Medical Equipment
- Toys and educational equipment
- Parent support and accommodation
- Medical research
- Relocation to The Great North Children’s
Hospital
We have different membership types,
something to suit everyone. We also
want to give you a little something back too, including a newsletter every year
and priority info on latest developments and on joining our
events.
You can help us to make a difference……join
today! Simply contact the Bubble Office for further
details.
The Great North
Children's Hospital
The NHS, through
Newcastle Hospitals, is investing over £100m in The Great North Children’s
Hospital, making it the largest project of its kind in the history of the health
service in the North East.
Due to be fully completed by 2010, this
landmark development, based on the site of the RVI, will be a centre for
excellence in children’s healthcare for this region, similar to Great Ormond Street
in London. For the very first time, children’s
services will be under one roof, including a dedicated accident and emergency
department, outpatient area and imaging
suite.
The Bubble Foundation alongside 7 other
local children’s charities are working together to raise over £2m to try and
make that time in hospital as comfortable and as stress free as possible. The
Great North Children’s Hospital Appeal, therefore aims to provide world-class,
high-tech facilities, activities and equipment to help a child’s
recovery.
The support of The Great North Children’s Hospital Appeal will add
considerable value, so that children and young people attending will have the
best possible experience to aid their recovery and improve their wellbeing, but
also reduce the stresses and strains impacted on the whole family at a very
difficult time.
For further details how you or your company can support us please
contact Kate at the Bubble Office.
Introducing our new patron Eamonn Holmes!
In June last year a
reception was held in the Lennox Hotel London to celebrate the success of the
Foundation and to meet our new patron Eamonn Holmes.
Denise Robertson MBE,
President of the Bubble Foundation UK with our new patron Eamonn
Holmes.
Eamonn said “By being involved with the
Bubble Foundation it made me realise one of the greatest joys I have in my life
is to hold, hug and kiss my children.”
He continued ”The Bubble
Foundation helps parents who cannot show love that way because a kiss could
kill, happily these children are increasingly being cured by the work of the
Children’s Bone Marrow Transplant Unit in Newcastle.”
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