Make A Wish!

On Monday Lewis had his wish come true thanks to the Make A Wish Foundation (http://www.make-a-wish.org.uk/) and Heaven at Home (http://www.heavenathome.co.uk/outdoor-hot-tubs.htm). As part of Lewis' (and our) very special day, we were whisked away in a limousine to TGI Fridays in Sheffield for a gorgeous lunch. Lewis' carer from Bluebell Wood Childrens Hospice came along with us as she has done so much for Lewis over the past 10 months and has become very special to us. While we were enjoying ourselves in TGIs, the hard work was going on at home. Sandy and Dave (Make A Wish) were helping out Phil (not Tony!!) and Christine and co (Heaven at Home) to get everything ready for Lew while we were away! And what a wonderful surprise for Lew when we arrived home to see that he had his very own hydrotherapy spa pool in our back garden for him to use whenever he wants! Lewis benefits greatly from hydrotherapy. Not only is the water good for relaxing his muscles and supporting his body, but being in the water is something that Lewis CAN DO FOR HIMSELF. He isnt watching someone else, he isnt relying on someone else to entertain him. Of course we have to support him in the water, but he's in it, he's doing it, and you can see on his face HE LOVES IT! He has been poorly the past 10 days or so so wasnt too sprightly in the pool on Make A Wish Day, but we will keep you updated with photos of him in the pool once he is well enough to get in and enjoy it properly!

So thank you very very very very much to Make A Wish and to Heaven at Home for making Monday 5th November 2007 such a very very special day! And with Lew's new spa pool, many many happy days to come too!

The Yorkshire Post newspaper did an article on Lew's very special Make A Wish Day - http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Hot-tub-helps-child-cope.3446938.jp.

Please remember, The Make A Wish Foundation is a charity so if you would like to help by making a donation or by doing your very own Make A Wish fundraising, please do go to the website for more information - http://www.make-a-wish.org.uk/

I have also added some new (old) videos to YouTube. They were very difficult to upload as watching them was incredibly upsetting for us. But we hope it will show you how much Lewis has lost in the past 10-12 months and how easily things in our life that are precious can be taken away http://www.youtube.com/SmnthJeynes.