Help for a friend please
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Topic: Help for a friend please
Posted By: Tastic
Subject: Help for a friend please
Date Posted: 27 May 2010 at 8:31am
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My best friend was diagnosed with cancer the week of christmas, she was scheduled to have surgery in April but in feb found out she was pregnant! she is due in October with a baby girl. (but will be having her early)
this is number 4 for her so completely unexpected and well she has nothing. she is constantly sick and has just got out of hospital again with a kidney and blood infection. She is under alot of stress and worry about everything. she is recently single so is very financially tight. Does anyone have any old baby girl clothes or anything? I don't mind paying some postage for stuff for her. I just wish I could help her more. she has a bassinet here. I'm giving her Adele's car seat and some of her clothes but that is all. Please can you help my friend? Thanks in advance |
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Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 27 May 2010 at 8:33am
| Trish, I have a few girls clothes. I do not have any newborn stuff but it is 00 and up i think. |
Posted By: Tastic
Date Posted: 27 May 2010 at 8:36am
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that would be fabulous hun, thank you!
where abouts in chch are you? I could bus and pick it up?! |
Posted By: flakesitchyfeet
Date Posted: 27 May 2010 at 9:31am
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Yup I'll put a box together Tastic and foward it your way of some spare girls bits and peices. It may take a while to get to you, we could probably drop it off at your place but I'm not sure when we'll be in town next -------------  http://lilypie.com"> |
Posted By: BriAndOlisMum
Date Posted: 27 May 2010 at 9:35am
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hey Trish can you pm me your address , i'll go through my stuff and see what i can send down. -------------  http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: meggls
Date Posted: 27 May 2010 at 11:12am
| I have quite a few things that DD has recently outgrown (NB / 000)- if you'd like to pm your address I'd be more than happy to send them down. |
Posted By: 3xMummy
Date Posted: 27 May 2010 at 11:18am
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I have some things here too, PM me your address Trish and I'll put together a wee parcel...
Hugs for you & your friend  ------------- Jess  http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Tastic
Date Posted: 27 May 2010 at 11:19am
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Thank you Flake.
Where abouts are you? Im in redwood (sturrocks road) have pm'd you tania :) |
Posted By: Tastic
Date Posted: 27 May 2010 at 11:26am
| Jess: thanks hun, have sent you a pm |
Posted By: Tastic
Date Posted: 27 May 2010 at 11:54am
Thank you megan! sorry I over looked your post  pm'ing you now
THANK YOU EVERYONE! |
Posted By: HuntersMama
Date Posted: 27 May 2010 at 1:29pm
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PM me your address Trish - ill see what stuff Hunter has that is OK for a girl. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 27 May 2010 at 1:34pm
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why dont you contact the oh baby bundles of love...? ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: Tastic
Date Posted: 28 May 2010 at 8:18pm
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PM'ing you now emma
Bizzy - how can I do that please? |
Posted By: jano1
Date Posted: 28 May 2010 at 8:33pm
| PM me too- I have a bunch of stuff that my girl has outgrown and we have more than enough for another baby girl |
Posted By: Muz
Date Posted: 28 May 2010 at 9:05pm
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I have heaps of stuff that we no longer need - pm me your address and ph number and I will drop it off to you
to your friend, what a wonderful person you are to organise this for her. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: razzmatazz
Date Posted: 28 May 2010 at 10:17pm
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Thats awful!
I prob have some blankets and cot sheets etc. wish i had more but i gave most away. I will have a look through tomorrow but if they would come in handy let me know. Where abouts in chch are you tastic? ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: Tastic
Date Posted: 28 May 2010 at 10:22pm
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Jano and Muz I've pm'd you!
Im in redwood but my mum is in waltham if thats easier |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 29 May 2010 at 5:29pm
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damn i just gave away all my nb gender neutral stuff.. do you want 000 stuff? ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 29 May 2010 at 8:43pm
| Can you PM me your address Trish? I am close to redwood on Mondays so can drop it off to you? |
Posted By: Tastic
Date Posted: 29 May 2010 at 9:34pm
yes please KA 
Kandice - pm coming your way A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE! I rang my friend who promptly cried when I told her what every one is doing to help! THANK YOU!!! |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 29 May 2010 at 9:41pm
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no problem trish...i will look them out and drop them off this week sometime if that's ok? ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: Tastic
Date Posted: 29 May 2010 at 10:13pm
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Sounds great
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 30 May 2010 at 12:10am
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just saw this again... not sure where the bundles of love button is but i know that ange runs it so maybe just send her an email. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: Tastic
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 9:55pm
Im sitting here in tears... my best friend who has the cancer and is pregnant is very sick and they are looking at delivering the baby like 2 weeks time at 25 weeks  as her tummy grows its putting more pressure on her kidneys. she has been hospitalized a couple more times since I last posted and is battering another kidney infection [:'(]
she wants to thank everyone who is offering her some stuff. as you can imagine she is under alot of stress and isn't coping too well |
Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 10:07pm
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Does she need a pushchair? We have a pushchair with a capsule that fits into it.
We also have some blankets and other baby stuff, bottles too, baby bath and bath sling thing. -------------   
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Posted By: meggls
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 8:23am
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I've still got alot of Jades prem clothes I can send down as well if they will be of any use? Sent a package yesterday, hopefully it should be with you in a few days ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: HuntersMama
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 10:00am
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I sent one too - just a few clothes, bibs and some warm knitted gear.
Hope she is OK ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Tastic
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 10:07am
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you lady's are amazing! I thank you all so much!
Bridie - was good chatting to you last night, thanks for looking into postage etc for me
I didn't get much sleep last night. kept going over my things in my head, her maybe having a 25 weeker has brought up a few things for me so over the next few days Ill be making a package for mum (my friend) for her nicu journey and also for after her surgery |
Posted By: mrsturtle
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 1:02pm
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Pm me your addy too and ill pop a few things in the post Hope your friend is doing ok.
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Posted By: pickle
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 1:16pm
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can you pm me your address as well, i will send all the bits i can find for her. Take care ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: girly_girl
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 3:04pm
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Trish - I have bags and bags of premmie stuff, some gender neutral, some def. little boy clothes. But can go through it and send some down for you. PM me your addy and I'll see what I can do.
Massive hugs to you and your friend, what an incredibly brave lady she is!! xx ------------- 
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Posted By: Tastic
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 8:06pm
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Thanks so much everyone! will PM you all now
I seen her today and wow she has lost so much weight its not funny! she was a size 18 pre pregnancy and she told me today she is in size 14! she said the baby's dad - her ex fiancee has moved in with his ex after 2 weeks. she is an emotional wreck at the moment 
we made a list of everything she has and needs and wow a big 'to get' list poor girl |
Posted By: Tastic
Date Posted: 11 June 2010 at 9:32am
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MEGAN - OMG! thank you, thank you, thank you! I honestly can not thank you enough! I rang my friend and she cried over the phone, my eyes are all weepy just looking at everything!
your amazing Thank You! |
Posted By: sweetpea
Date Posted: 11 June 2010 at 11:39am
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i haven't got anything to send but do know that my thoughts are with your friend hope all goes well. ------------- http://daisypath.com"> 
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Posted By: meggls
Date Posted: 11 June 2010 at 11:50am
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Trish - no problems at all, am just happy to be able to help, hopefully she will be able to put it all to good use.
Will send another one in a few days with some girls premmie clothes. What is still on her 'to get' list? Big hugs for your friend, I can't begin to imagine what she is going through, she sounds like an incredibly brave lady. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Tastic
Date Posted: 11 June 2010 at 11:50am
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Emma - THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!! your parcel was just dropped off too!
lady's this really means so much to me and my friend Tracey! Thanks Sweetpea
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Posted By: HuntersMama
Date Posted: 11 June 2010 at 6:06pm
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Thats OK, hope she can put it to use. I stuffed as much as I could in the bag, the lady at the post office was not too impressed
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