Help our tiny girl to grow!

Emilia was born premature at 31 weeks. Since birth, she has struggled to feed and so at 5 months old, a feeding tube was introduced, as she stopped accepting any feed orally.

Although she was weaned from the tube at 11 months and started to eat solids. Over the past 2 years, her food intake has been low and unreliable. Her lack of food intake results in her having a very unstable mood

Now she is 3 years old, but unfortunately due to her low food intake, she has stopped growing

and is facing the possibility to have tube reinserted.

Emilia is a wonderful, kind, caring girl, who always asks you how you feel and can identify when someone is upset or hurt. She loves to sing and dance, painting and playing at the beach. But she needs help if she is to grow and to avoid the feeding tube which is very distressing for her and her parents.

Located in Graz, Austria, NoTube has more than 30 yeas of experience specialising paediatric feeding disorders. They offer an “eating school” programme, which includes a 2 to 3-week period of intensive therapy at their clinic, followed by an 8-week period of aftercare to help your child to learn to eat.

Please help her parents to fund this trip so that she can thrive like other children and avoid the horrors of tube feeding.

Thank you - Auntie Terri