Daisy Garforth

Jul 23, 2016 | Community, Fundraising

We have been involved in helping in a small way to raise funds for her therapy by donating our fee for a casino night at Dawn and Jack Boltons fund raising event on 19th March. Below is an extract from their website Daisy was born in 2010 at Rotherham General Hospital. After serious complications at birth (cord prolapse) Daisy suffered serious brain damage as a result of asphyxiation. When she was 7 months old a diagnosis of Asymmetric bilateral quadriplegic cerebral palsey was made. Daisy’s condition means that her brain cannot communicate properly to her muscles in order for them to move in a correct way, so mainly by physiotherapy we are trying to teach her to be able to sit, move, walk etc in her own way, the best way to understand this is that all brains are made up of motorways which help the brain connect to parts of the body to control them, some of Daisy’s motorways have been damaged so she has to be taught to build smaller ‘B’ roads in order for her to control her actions. Her parents aim is to organise events and raise as much money as possible to enable her to continue therapy at the Bobath Centre, explore other therapies such as extra private speech therapy which is very difficult on the NHS, and also purchase extra equiptment such as wheelchairs and special needs buggy’s to enable Daisy to lead a full and happy life and allow her to reach her full potential in life and to give her the best opportunity at becoming independent. Daisy had her first oxygen therapy session today, what a little star she was really really brave and lasted a whole hour in the chamber, only 39 more sessions to go ❤️?❤️? Extract from Daisy’s facebook page To find out more information and make a donation please look on Daisy’s parents website.