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Support for Soph

$12,150 donated

Given by 100 generous donors in 17 days

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To remove any worries from Soph about not working and give her the time she needs to recover and heal, stress free.

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On Monday the 22nd of Feb our beautiful Soph was taken to hospital where they discovered she had two brain aneurysms...

She was immediately taken into surgery and they operated on one. They are closely watching the second and will wait until she has recovered and feeling a little better before they will make any decisions on what they will do.

The last week has been really hard for her, but she is starting to show some positive signs. It's still early days and she has a long journey ahead of her. Moving forward, Soph will need to take it easy and minimize her stress as much as possible.

Obviously as she is self employed and won't be working for a while, there are financial stresses that will no doubt be a concern for her. To help support Soph we've started this page to raise some money to cover her living expenses for as long as she needs to get better.

Thanks in advance to those that donate and also a big thanks to everyone who has sent her beautiful messages.

Much love.

Emma Wilkinson's involvement (page creator)

Created on my page by Teena:

Hi, for those that don't know me I am one of Sophie's closest friends & I wanted to start this page for her so that it will help minimise some of her worries & concerns. So she can use that energy for her recovery. Teena x

Use of funds

Living expenses and any on going care that Soph may need until she is ready to go back to work.

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Love from Sophie 18 March 2021

Kia ora e hoa ma,

I cannot articulate with words how humbled I am to have received all your support and kind messages . Well I could but it would be cheesy as hell and possibly cause further brainache for all of us. I have always struggled with accepting help , something that Teena and her IT person /PA Emma know so kudos to them for organising.

So I’m currently a week out of hospital and trying to get used to my new norm while recuperating at home on Waiheke mixed with a couple of nights in the city. By that I mean on my brother’s or Les’s couch enjoying their cooking not swinging from chandeliers unfortunately. The focus is on healing and then prepping the body and brain for another possible operation in 6months. Your generousity has meant I can do this without stressing too much. So thank you thank you thank you. I would love to thank each and everyone of you personally at some point but apologies if I see you and I forget. The brain is still playing tricks and gets tired way too quickly. Also what little filter I had also seems to fall off quicker too so apologies in advance for that as well. (convenient right? J )

I’m incredibly lucky to still be here and be able to write this , to have the most amazing whānau and friends I have supporting me plus to have this moment in time to sit, heal and just be. So don’t worry I will be making the most of it.

Watch this space.

Ngā mihi

Sophie xx

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