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One Precious Star written and sung by Annabelle Mitchell (Belle) for Poppy Rose

Poppy Rose

Poppy was born at 2.59am on 23/9/2011 due to a prolonged labour she contracted
pneumonia while still in the womb, this was not picked up and 20 minutes after
her birth Poppy Collapsed. She was resuscitated for approximately 45minutes and
then incubated. She was placed in a cooling system for 3 days and spent the
first month of her life in a neonatal ward.
Due to Poppy's collapse she suffered a lack of oxygen to the brain and her MRI
scan confirmed sufficient damage to the grey matter and basal ganglia which are
the parts that control and coordinate movement. We were told she may never walk,
talk or feed orally. Poppy was tube fed for 4 months but after raising funds for
private treatment and a lot of hard work we managed to remove her tube finally
in January. This was a major breakthrough for Poppy and she has gone on to eat
solid food like any other baby. poppy is now 9 months and has been diagnosed
with cerebral palsy, she has physio every 2 weeks from the NHS but this is not
enough so we pay for Poppy to have private physio when we can. Poppy also has
speech and language therapy NHS and privately covered as encouraging her speech
at such a young age is vital for the future. Poppy is doing better than we ever
expected due to the extra work and treatment she receives, she is a joy to all
of us and we wouldn't change her for the world. We do not know what the future
holds but what we can do is give Poppy every treatment possible and chance for
her to excel to her full potnetial in Nov this year Poppy will attend the health in motion clinic in Canada for a month to undergo intensive physiotherapy and speech and language in order to aid her being able to sit up, crawl or even walk.

I'm raising money for Life For a Kid Foundation by taking part in Poppys Path. Please sponsor me at www.virginmoneygiving.com/poppyspath http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/poppyspath