10 reasons Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice are different
As you will know we are a super proud supporter of this amazing charity & the work they do.
If you don’t know a lot about them, here’s 10 reason’s they’re a bit different;
Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice have supported hundreds of families since they opened, families like Taniesha’s…
Taniesha’s story
At just four years old, Taniesha has faced more challenges than most of us will have to cope with in an entire lifetime. Diagnosed with a congenital heart condition before birth, she also has Downs Syndrome and has undergone a number of serious heart and bowel operations. She tires easily and can’t do as much as other children. Despite it all though, according to her mum Lisa, “she’s full of life and loves dancing and music!”
Forget Me Not has been supporting Lisa and her family since before Taniesha was born. “They were involved right from the start,” she says. “They came to my antenatal appointments and helped break down what the doctors were telling us so we could understand. It was a scary time, and Forget Me Not provided the emotional support we needed. They still do.”
From being a safe place for Taniesha to play: “I don’t feel she’s restricted in what she can do here and everyone understands what she needs,” to being a safe place for Taniesha to stay: “when she stays at the hospice for the night I know I can fully relax,” to being there for Taniesha’s older sister too: “Lucy had play therapy which helped her understand why we couldn’t always do what she wanted to do,” Forget Me Not’s been an important fixture in Lisa’s family life. And we’re always at the end of the phone. “Every time I have an issue, they’re the first people I call. They help explain things, they understand my state of mind and they don’t judge, they just get it.”
“Forget Me Not’s been there throughout and I don’t think, emotionally, we’d have coped otherwise.”
You can find out more about this wonderful charity & how you can support them here.