So our regular readers will remember that it wasn’t so long ago that Archie was in hospital. Now, being neurodivergent means that we are very regular visitors to the NHS children’s services but this one was a tad tougher.
Archie had to have his first surgery and so we had to get ourselves prepared.
Like so many autistic people, Archie finds the unknown extremely frightening. This anxiety then impacts his eating , which effects his bowel meds, his sleep is disturbed, his school life is then impacted and our home life has to become more insular to balance things out.
Where the majority of people can put their worries to a back burner, Archie was anxious about his surgery for 6 whole months. Its what he thought about, talked about and researched about 24/7!
This sparked an idea in my mind to not only support Arch but to help kids like him too!
We decided to write our 5th book “Awesome Archie has Surgery” which we dedicated to the Bearwood ward for their outstanding care throughout Archie’s stay. This lead to the book being picked up by United hospitals Dorset to support not only the neurodivergent children in their care, but to support the enormous fundraising efforts of the BEACH appeal.
Not only that, but the lovely Harry Redknapp agreed to sign three copies of our book to help with the fundraising efforts. We believe that the UHD will hold an auction to raise funds, but final plans haven’t been made yet.
We must say a HUGE thank you to Harry for giving us so much of his valuable time. We are so grateful for all you do to support kids like Arch. THANKYOU!
We will keep you posted with all the details moving forward but please find attached a link to the lovely message that harry left for us and the fun we have had filming for the fundraising page 🙂
