07/09/2018
It isn't every day that you meet someone who displays such a positive attitude to life in the face of adversity that it really makes you examine your own perspective. We've known Heidi for a number of years now and she is an incredible woman so it's upsetting to see her in such a difficult position. Heidi has been wheelchair bound for 25 years but has recently been diagnosed with a condition called PoTS which means that she has fainting attacks when she is sat up. For that reason, she's been lying in a hospital bed for 3 months at a cost of over £35k to the NHS and counting! She had a trial of a special wheelchair (pictured below) which allows her to control the fainting since she can change her position from sitting to horizontal at the press of a button whenever she feels that she is about to have a blackout. Cruelly, although she found this chair utterly transformed her quality of life as she trialed this in hospital, the trial ended and because the chair is not on the NHS "approved wheelchair list", she has no hope of getting one unless she raises the funds to buy it. As we understand it, the NHS have thus far not been able to find any other suitable chair on their approved list to meets this lady's needs. So here she is three months later, still in hospital lying flat on her back, during which time the money spent could have funded two of these chairs! Crazy eh? If anyone would like to help this lovely lady, even by donating the cost of a cup of coffee, I know she'd be extremely grateful.
Weʼre raising money to Help raise funds to buy the wheelchair to provide mobility and stop me from fainting when sat up. I need to get out of hospital ASAP. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.
