20 year old with end stage arthritis

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Hello everyone my name is Lucy and  this fund raiser is for a friend of mine. At 15 years old she was in a serious accident that left her in hospital shy on three weeks. She shattered her ankle in 5 different places and has had five operations since 2010. At 16 whilst under the care of Alder Hey Childrens Hospital she was given a diagnosis of arthritis and cysts on her bone. Since this diagnosis she has tried as hard as she could to have a normal life from going to college, having a child and also currentley studying for a business degree. Although she is trying her best the pain is starting to become unbearable for her, she has gone to physio therapy to no avail, at 17 had an ankle arthroscopy to remove bone spurs and has also had her ankle pinned and had plates. Her options are beginning to ware out. Even steroid injections arent working any more and the hospital has now decided its best not to give her any more pain killers as these do not work. To cut a long story short the aim of this fund raiser is to raise enough money to be able to send her abroad to get an ankle distraction and to see what futher treatment that could potentially help her. An ankle distraction involves pulling her ankle bones apart and setting them with pins and a fram for three months, during this time she will not be able to pick up her child so will also need hired support for this. i have not included her name in this as she does not know i am doing this for her i will leave an email address you can contact me on if there are any questions. If you send an email i have pictures of her ankle i can also send if you are interested. In these pictures you can see the deformaties due to the arthritis and the scars form previous operations.  Anyways thank you for taking the time to read this, hope you can help. email me for any enquiries at [email protected]

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