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It is Saturday night and I just thought I would check in on Dominics email address as i haven’t done so for a while and I was amazed to see a long list of unread emails, offers of support, donations … Continue reading →

To everyone that has participated in the last year of fundraising and supporting us as a family I hope you enjoy this video of Dominics progress just 6 months post op.  Thank you for all your generosity and support

We had our first fundraiser last night of 2011.  Our friend Lee Thorpe kindly with the support of his poker club arranged a week long fundraiser with crash ten ball competition going on all last week culminating in a poker … Continue reading →

** Please scroll down to see latest news posts** After a hectic 2010 we are now enjoying a slower pace of life in 2011 concentrating on Dominics on going therapy and ensuring all the right support, people and schooling are in … Continue reading →

Dominic had his first riding lesson today and had a great time.  Despite having to wear girly pink boots and the horse being called teddy and not JoJo (Dominic seemed to want to ride a horse called JoJo for some … Continue reading →

Dom tried out his future powerchair today. He did so well even though he wouldn’t follow directions and just wanted to go round and round but he did some great steering particularly with his right hand which was amazing.   He … Continue reading →

For all those of you that have supported Dominic get to America, today was one of those days where you get to see where your money went and how all the effort and every penny donated has made such a … Continue reading →

Now we have settled back in to normal life we need to focus our attention of arranging some more fundraising events.  We did really well raising the amount we did to get us to America but unfortunately the costs do … Continue reading →

As the old cliche goes as one chapter ends another unfolds. It has been an amazing six weeks and it seems surreal that tomorrow I have to go back to work. It has been awesome both in what we have … Continue reading →

The flight home was largely uneventful and both boys got a bit of sleep. Never would I have ever thought I would be looking forward to seeing the dull and dreary skies of Blighty !! Actually we returned to glorious sunshine and … Continue reading →