Helping our baby Joshua make a marvellous recovery

About Joshua

Our baby Joshua has evolving right-sided hemiplegia, a form of cerebral palsy that is likely to affect his movement on the right side of his body.

We have started vital physiotherapy sessions; early intervention is widely known to make a huge difference in children's lives and will significantly impact the way Joshua moves and the quality of his life as a child, teenager, and adult.

NHS physiotherapy support has been minimal, and since the pandemic, it has been nonexistent. All funds raised here will go toward Joshua’s private physiotherapy sessions.

We have made some strides forward in just a couple of months—Joshua has a greater range of movement on his right side.

Joshua is a very bright and cheerful little boy. He loves people, interacting, and babbles and laughs every day.

With the right treatment, we are confident that Joshua has a real chance to make a marvelous recovery from his very traumatic start and lead an independent, productive, and happy life.

Our story:

After our first child, Joshua, was born a few weeks early, we were referred for an MRI scan due to the difficult nature of the delivery (placental abruption and fetal-maternal hemorrhage, where he lost a very significant amount of blood). He was in the NICU and SCBU for five days and received two blood transfusions.

To our amazement, the MRI scan results showed that he pulled through the birth okay but suffered a perinatal stroke in the womb. We have been told this was unrelated to the birth, and the cause is unknown. The full health implications include a high probability of developing right-sided hemiplegia, some loss of vision on the right side, and possible epilepsy later on.

7.5% of all donations to Tree of Hope in relation to this appeal will be allocated to the general charitable purposes of Tree of Hope to cover our core operating costs.

If we raise insufficient funds, or surplus funds, then the funds will be used, if appropriate, to fund support for our child’s needs in accordance with Tree of Hope’s charitable objects. If in those circumstances we are unable to use all or part of the funds for the benefit of our child in accordance with Tree of Hope’s charitable objectives, then any funds that cannot be used will be transferred to be used for the general charitable purposes of Tree of Hope.