Family Needs Help!

Hi,

I am doing this for a family who have spent most of their little boy Fergus’ life in hospital. He is 6 now and been in hospital since April 2024 with a week break at home before going back into Leicester Royal Infirmary CICU.

As the picture says, he is intubated and once again fighting for his life.

In this admittance Fergus has been faced with more complications with his health contracting numerous infections (one that has nearly killed him on a couple of times previously) and had to be placed on a oscillator instead of a conventional ventilator to help clear some consolidations.

Fergus is currently waiting for risky surgery which he was unable to have on 19th September and has gone backwards with his health, which has lead him to have extensive physio on his lungs everyday due to consolidation and partial collapse of his left side.

This admittance has been really hard on the parents as they believe that this is the worst one yet, Fergus is really struggling with his sats, heart rate extremely low and constant drop in his o2 levels, he is on TPN but this has had to be stopped a couple of times due to high calcium and sodium in his blood. Fergus could be on TPN for the rest of his life if he makes it through surgery and returns home.

The hospital have started to make plans for the family to make memories just in case Fergus takes a turn for the worst and will be holding Christmas on Sunday 22nd September as it’s Fergus’ little sisters first Christmas.

I am looking for funding for the family so they can have a quality of life with Fergus if and when he gets home.

Support for families like this is very hard to come by as the system lets them down.

jessica (mum), Chris(dad) are at Fergus bedside and refuse to leave him. This incurs huge costs with paying the bills at home while also paying for the stays at hospital.

Funds will be used for bills and hospital expenses, what we plan to do if we get enough is buy a new sofa bed for one of the parents rooms as it is old and worn.