Flo M's quilt    (Quilt Completed)

Thank you

Thank you really doesn't seem enough, we are very grateful to you all at Love Quilts for Flo's absolutely beautiful princess quilt. The time, love and care that went into Flo's masterpiece is incredible, thank you. It is Flo's pride and joy and you can see from the photos the happiness it's brought her already. We had an unexpected hospital stay just after receiving the quilt and the quilt gave Flo much comfort whilst there. The staff at hospital were amazed at it's detail and quality (as is everyone she shows it off too). Flo's 8 year old brother has just started sewing club at school and wants to stitch for you when he's older! Thank you to all the team who stitched for Flo, and to you all at Love Quilts for bringing such joy and comfort to our poorly children

Finished photos

Individual squares

Card

Stitched by: Kaz Bowen

Biography

Firstly, thank you so very much.

Flo entered the world a healthy little girl. She was a happy, giggly, headstrong and active toddler who loved to socialise, dance and sing.

Shortly after her 4th birthday we noticed a lot of unexplained bruising on her body, she was often tired and lethargic and suffered with loss of appetite. The GP sent us for blood tests which showed Flo had leukaemia, our World literally fell apart. We could not run from the cancer, we could not hide, our only choice was to fight.

Since Flo was diagnosed, she has undergone 361 doses of chemotherapy, spent 49 days on steroids, had 13 lumbar punctures, 3 bone marrow aspirates, 1 major surgery, spent 42 nights in hospital, had 18 blood/platelet transfusions and been put under general anaesthetic 15 times.

This isn't all of Flo's journey. These numbers don't show the number of times she's been cannulated (we've lost count), the painful muscle injections, the heart and lung scans, eye exams, ambulance rides, kidney function tests, clinic visits, nurse home visits, Hickman line dressing changes, her hair loss, regrowth, loss again and eventual regrowth, the hours she's spent vomiting, losing her ability to walk, sit or get to the bathroom, her dietician appointments, the painful physio appointments or heartbreaking psychologist appointments.

They also don't show how much school she's missed, how many play dates she hasn't had, how many times she's been unable to go to a party, the park or soft play. The devastating effect all the trauma has had on Flo psychologically and her childhood.

All being well we have 13 more months of treatment ahead of us.

Cancer is evil, Flo's journey has been harrowing, but thanks to her medical team we are moving forward and it's charities like this make the journey more bearable.