Hi,
On the 25th October at Disley Amalgamated Club, we are holding a charity fundraiser for our 9 month old little boy Archie, who at 4 months old was diagnosed with a rare liver cancer hepaptoblastoma .. We would like it to be a magical and exciting day for all and in the process raise some money for our chosen charities that have helped and supported us throughout Archie’s journey (Macmillan, Sick Children’s Trust, Little Livers and Rainbow Trust /Clic Sargent.)
To make this happen we are looking for people to volunteer their services in areas we have shown below.
The things we would like help with are:
1. Children’s Entertainer
2. Children’s Face Painter/tattoo’s
3. Balloon Modeller
4. DJ (Afternoon/Evening)
5. Raffle Donations/Prizes
6. Banner Supplier/ Printing
7. Printing Of Tickets –kindly donated by Ink Box of Marple .
To read Archie’s story please see below:
If you are able to help out in any way or would like any more information please contact us on.
archiefundraiser@gmail.com .
Thank you for looking at our post and look forward to hearing from you.
Catherine and Eric
Archie's Story:
Meet our little man Archie, he is 9 months old and from Marple. Archie was just 4 months old when he was diagnosed with Hepatoblastoma; an extremely rare liver cancer, especially in a baby his age.
On the 29th March 2014 we noticed a swelling on his left side whilst giving him a bath. Although virtually from birth we visited our GP on numerous occasions to query his sickness, crying and other symptoms that now fall in to place for someone with Archie’s condition. At virtually each appointment we were told that babies are often sick and they do cry. Archie was bringing up large volumes of milk, and could cry for up to 20 hrs a day. After all Archie is baby number 4 and instinct was telling us that something wasn’t right.
Although we had visited the Dr’s that Monday morning, We decided to take him to the children’s A&E at Stepping Hill in Stockport due to the swelling, half thinking we were going to be sent home again. The Dr’s in A&E examined him and as it was late they admitted him to the ward where they took blood. We remember the doctor coming in and saying he has a long rocky road ahead of him and not knowing what she meant. Cancer hadn't even entered our mind as he was being treated for reflux and lactose intolerance. The next day he had an abdominal ultra sound scan and due to the findings we were told we were being transferred to Ward 84 at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. It was there that we were told he was in stage 4.
Archie has gone through 3 months of grueling chemotherapy and in the early hours of the 21st June we had a phone call from the transplant coordinator to say there was a donor liver suitable for him. It was up in Leeds that Archie had his transplant after only being on the list for 5 days.
Archie rang the end of chemotherapy bell on the 13th August 2014, although he still has a long way to go.
