Help keep our family together.

Fundraising campaign by Kierre Tustin
  • £30.00
    raised of £2,000.00 goal goal
1% Funded
2 Donors

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Hi there, our names are Kierre and James and we are currently 27 weeks pregnant with our first baby. Our baby boy is a perfect blessing we could not imagine being without now, but he is going to be born with some challenges. At our 20 week scan we were informed that our little boy has Spina Bifida Myelomeningocele, which means that there is a cyst on his back where there is an opening in his spinal column and his spinal cord and nerves have come through to form the cyst. We have also been told that he has clubbed feet on both sides and a brain abnormality called Chiari II Malformation. This means that he is going to need a lot of care and support, although we wont know the extent of his disabilities until after he is born.

We also have two female doberman cross husky dogs who are both two years old. They both need more training and work on their obedience in order for them to be able to stay with us because at the moment they can be too boisterous and it would not be safe for our little boy to be around them in case they hurt him by accident. They are both sweet loving girls and want nothing more than to make friends with everyone they meet, but we need help to calm them down before our baby arrives. They are our fur babies and are just like children to us so the idea of rehoming them is heartbreaking to us. We have looked into the kind of training that they will need and have spoken to behaviourists about them and believe they deserve this chance so that they can stay a part of our family and grow up with our little boy.

In order for this to be possible we need to raise the money to pay for their training and to help us to move house to a more suitable home for both our little boy's needs (it is possible that wheelchair access will be needed at some point) and for the needs of our dogs too so that they have the space to play without putting our son at risk.

We currently receive benefits as we are on a low income but we do not have the money available to pay for training or to move homes. We have looked into rehoming the girls and have found that most places will not keep them together (which is a must due to them being bonded) and that there are costs involved in the rehoming process too which we cannot afford. We also feel that it is not what is best for our family to rehome the girls and that it would cause needless suffering to us all if we send them away. The majority of the funding will go towards helping us move to a more suitable home that will suit our little boy's needs in the future as our current house is not going to be accessible or safe for him if he needs a wheelchair. The money for the girls training makes up about 20% of the total goal amount but is still so important to us.

We hate to ask people to help financially but we are desperate to keep our family together.

Organizer

  • Kierre Tustin
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  • Campaign Owner
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  • UK

I am 27 years old and expecting my first baby with my partner.

I am 27 years old and expecting my first baby with my partner.

Donors

£10.00
  • friday clout
  • Donated on Jun 03, 2018
£20.00
Jul 07

Sad ending.

Update posted by Kierre Tustin at 04:07 pm

Due to the lack of people willing to donate and the due date for our baby boy fast approaching we have come to the decision to end the fundraiser. To the two amazing people that did donate Thank you so much. If you contact me I will organise refunding your. . . . .

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Jun 25

Update

Update posted by Kierre Tustin at 10:45 am

As of Wednesday 27th June we only have 9 weeks left until our baby boy is due to arrive. That's 9 weeks left to figure out the future of our family. At this point our situation when he is born will be a tough one. We will have to leave. . . . .

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Jun 12

Little progress

Update posted by Kierre Tustin at 08:56 pm

So far we have two donations to our fundraiser.. I keep praying every time I look at the dogs that we will reach our target because without that money we are lost.. we can't move house to somewhere better suited for our little man's needs, we can't get the dogs. . . . .

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Donors & Comments

2 donors
£10.00
  • friday clout
  • Donated on Jun 03, 2018
£20.00

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