A girl who has a limb problem claims she is “very, very, very excited”You can help raise money to purchase a prosthetic leg. “mummy”.
Thalia Coultas (seven years old) was born with an “arm that had not formed”Kerrie Coultas, Kerrie’s mother, discovered about the condition during her 20-week scan.
She claimed that Thalia has had NHS arms since she was a baby. However, they are not available to her. “non-functional arms – they don’t do anything, they just hang off her limb”Mrs Coultas, 40 years old, is a stay-at home mother from Drax Selby. She told the PA news agency.
Thalia will be receiving a scholarship because of a fundraising campaign she participated in with two other children living with limb differences. “Hero Arm” – a prosthetic arm which will allow her to move her fingers, open parcels and even put make-up on her mother’s face.
Thalia Coultas expressed excitement about her prosthetic arm (Kerrie Coultas/PA).
“The arms are now in production, so we should hopefully get the arms, fingers crossed, around the middle of November,” Mrs Coultas said.
Open Bionics, a prosthetic company, organized the campaign.
Each arm costs £13,500 and at the start of the campaign The Open Bionics Foundation – which is part of the company – provided £5,000 per child while The Worshipful Company of the Glovers gave each child £3,000 towards the cost.
The remaining sum of money, which was approximately £16,000 needed to be raised collectively by the three families.
Mrs Coultas stated, however, that the charity Tees Family Fund is her choice. “offered to match the donation once we reached £8k – giving us the £16k needed for the upfront costs and allowing them to go into production”.
It’s unbelievable because neither one of these three families could afford it.
Kerrie Coultas
She also said that she was a mother of two. “a bit emotional” seeing that their £8,000 target had been surpassed.
“It’s amazing because it’s not something that either of these three families would be able to afford on their own,”She spoke.
“And it’s going to cost us about £2,000 a year afterwards in maintenance alone and all the added costs, so we’re extremely lucky”.
Mrs Coultas stated that the arm “connects to Thalia’s arm with sensors on two sides and through her using her muscles, she can actually open and close the fist”.
“Eventually with a lot of practice, she will be able to pinch and move her fingers separately,”She spoke.
Mrs Coultas stated that Thalia asked for the arm. “robot arm”Since she was just a toddler.
“In pre-school, I just remember her saying to her teachers all the time, I’m going to have a robot arm when I’m older,”She added.
Thalia Coultas stated that she wants to first use her Hero Arm to apply makeup to her mummy (Kerrie Cultas/PA).
Thalia answered a question about her feelings regarding the Hero Arm. “I am very, very, very excited.
“I am going to use it to do everything – I will put make-up on mummy.”
Mrs. Coultas said that her village was being revitalized. “very helpful”With fundraising efforts that will continue, as any additional money raised will be used to purchase HeroCare or Hero Arm accessories for the participants.
“They’ve offered to do badminton tournaments, her dance club has offered to put on a Halloween class and we’ve got a few other things lined up eg a possible casino night at the pub,”She spoke.
“People have just offered to do these things off their own back, just purely because they know Thalia and they know how important it is for her.”
She added that Thalia felt like she had a second family when she met Thalia and the two other children. “fit in”.
“They’re all around other children that are exactly like them and no one’s pointing or staring like they do in everyday life,”She added.
You can access the donation page here. https://www.gofundme.com/f/big-hero-3-campaign