Today’s blog has been prepared by the guys running the incredible Walk with Shay campaign, and has been approved by Shay’s family. Take a moment to read over it.
As Celtic fans, we are incredibly lucky that we have people doing good things in our name, people who make it easy for us to get involved in changing a life. We should be grateful we can play a small part in making a profound difference to a young life.
Here’s the article:
Many of you will already be aware of Shay McGinlay, the little 3-year-old Bhoy from Livingston who has Cerebral Palsy; here is Shay’s story:
“Hello, my name is Shay my story begins when I was born at 42 weeks weighing a healthy 7lb11oz. When I was born I was starved from oxygen for 40 minutes which led to me being brain damaged. I was transferred to neonatal intensive care unit at Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh where I was cooled with a cooling treatment to reduce swelling to my brain.
Hours and days passed that my mummy & daddy worried. They were told that I might not survive and to expect the worst. I spent 3 weeks in intensive care before being transferred back to St John’s children’s ward.
I stayed in the children’s ward for 7 weeks where I got stronger and into a stable routine to go home. I was discharged on 24th of August 2013 and got to go home with my mummy and daddy. I proved all the doctors wrong.
I have grown stronger since I have been home but I sometimes struggle to gain weight and have to have special high calorie milk to make sure I gain enough weight. I suffer from developmental delay which means I can’t sit up, talk, walk or play like other kids my age can. I receive physiotherapy and speech and language therapy due to my evolving quadriplegic cerebral palsy. I also suffer from epilepsy and suffer from seizures.
I am now in need of further treatment for my cerebral palsy which is not available on the NHS. Me and my mummy and daddy would like to ask for your continued support to help us raise funds for my therapy. This costs around £6000 per year and could help me eat, sit up and maybe even walk on my own in the future. I would love to be able to do these things and play with all my cousins and get to achieve as much as I can from living life with cerebral palsy…
A number of CQNers and friends have been working tirelessly since September 2014 to help raise money to support my ABR therapy via the sale of CQN badges and the fabulous Last Man Standing competition, which many of you I know have taken part, as well as other fundraising initiatives and donations. These efforts have raised a magnificent £10,500 towards my treatment.
Together with own family and friends fundraising, we have now raised enough to pay for the first two years’ treatment, and partially fund the third year’s treatment. I cannot thank you enough for helping me get this far.
The treatment to date has been very beneficial and this has helped to hold my head up better and develop part of a neck, but this is a very slow process. Please see my picture below.
I am also eating and sleeping better, but recently l gave my parents a wee scare on holiday in Tenerife, and had a seizure, ending up in hospital for a couple of days. I had not had a seizure for two years. Luckily thanks to the kind doctors and nurses I was ok and managed to get home on time. Hospital food is rubbish in Spain too :-)
The third year’s treatment is due to commence in November 2016, and this is when I get my next assessment. My mum and dad is also looking into alternative treatment and equipment that may be required to help give me achieve a better way of life and allow me to progress. One day, I hope to walk. Thank you for walking with me so far!”
The campaign to support Shay has now been consolidated and formalised into a campaign called “WalkWithShay”.
The WalkWithShay campaign was launched two weeks ago on twitter and now has 867 followers. You can follow us @walkwithshay. We can also be contacted by email at above- walkwithshay@yahoo.com . We will shortly set up a facebook page and will also keep you up to date across the football blogs, including CQN.
We are in the process of setting up a bank account. We also have a crowdfunding account set up to allow us to accept credit card and overseas payments. You can also make normal donations to this account until the bank account is set up.
The campaign team have some genuinely unique Celtic memorabilia and these items will either be raffled or put to a suitable event to be auctioned. The team have managed to achieve the amazing feat of getting the last 11 Celtic Club Captains to sign 2 Tops with 1 of these being made available via a raffle (launch date of the raffle still to be announced) so that all supporters will have the opportunity to own such a unique item. These tops span 53 years of Celtic history.
In addition, a very kind CQNer has drawn all club captains in a fantastic black and white drawing. You will therefore all get the chance to purchase a print of this very special drawing in time for Christmas.
Please follow @walkwithshay for all updates and news.
If you want to help us by donating a prize, running an event or simply wishing us well or making a donation, then drop us an email at walkwithshay@yahoo.com Please also do not forget that you can also join in on our Last Man Standing competition which will continue to support Shay. LMS9 starts in a few weeks’ time (once LMS8 is won!). Watch this space on CQN and twitter for further announcements.
Thank you and please help share our campaign.
The Walkwithshay Campaign Team
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You really do have issues.
You really are just a sad old man.
And a page 2 Podium!
The day just gets better.
aaaah
Just when you’re whining about your day/ life you read Shay and his family’s story and it’s all put in to
perspective.
Philbhoy on 10th November 2016 2:29 pm
You really do have issues.
You really are just a sad old man.
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To be fair, for a blanket accusation it could probably cover most of us on here; so for clarity, who is that specifically aimed at? Or is it a rant as you look in the mirror?
:>)
nameandshame CSC
Heating allowance money in, off to the pub, god bless the UK pensioners.
GIRFUYs.
TONYDONNELLY67 on 10TH NOVEMBER 2016 2:38 PM
Heating allowance money in, off to the pub, god bless the UK pensioners.
GIRFUYs.
*****
A win-win for you.
Beer money via Heating Allowance, plus saving on Heating by sitting in the pub.
You’re no’ daft!
VFR……
You don’t know who I mean?
Mibbe you have issues…………….
:-)
Almore
E mail is auldheid046@gmail.com
Big Jimmy on 10th November 2016 2:07 pm
CELTICROLLERCOASTERwalkwithShay
I tried to send an email to the address above but it came back as ” undelivered” ?
Any advice Bhoys and ghirls ?
HH
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BigJimmy
Thanks for that
email address should be walkwithshay@yahoo.com
Apologies to everybody for misleading info. Doh
HH
CRC
Ms Hebcelt looking for a bar in Gran Canaria, Maspalomas,Playa Del Ingles or Melonares, pref Scottish. Thanks in advance. Hail Hail Hebcelt
Sorry to watch the game tomorrow night – doh
Hebcelt
The review is from a few years back, but have a look anyway. (I would def avoid the British Bulldog)
http://alturl.com/wg57i
Hail hail
Matt
Hebcelt
Don’t think the Saltire is still open – it was a Hun Bar
Watch it in an Irish Bar….:)
BB which one?
Joey has left the building….
Heb
If she has a smart phone or tablet ask her to download mobdro, she can then click on a channel to watch it
With so many right wingers and left wingers around recently, I hope Brendan has not been logging on. He has enough to do sorting out Paddy and Jamsie, without having to send scouts out to look at all the wingers on here.
Bring on the next game, Killie I mean, not the Internationals. The bloc gets its fair share of politics when the fitba is on hold.
Hebcelt
this is a decent Irish bar
http://www.mulligans-grancanaria.com/
AULDHEID 2.29
Did I read the post right, matters to be made PUBLIC before Celtic agm ?
Cheers mate HH
!!BADA BING!!
The gift that keeps on giving:))
OmnishamblesFC
No fan of Barton, but can’t help feeling he’s been treated pretty shabbily.
Brought in as a “big name” to give the impression of “Rangers” (sic) being “back” (sic) and get some more season tickets flogged.
Then forced out the door when they realised they couldn’t afford him.
Can’t really blame him for taking his coffee machine!
Joey frogmarched from the building
He would have rag dolled them
HH
Leaders of the Free world ?
How long does it take that bunch to close out an election
So according to Johnjames if sevco default on his payments money will be witheld by the SFA from Sky money the SFA will send this to the FA,and be passed to Barton by the English FA, why is our governing body acting as a middle man for a club who cannot pay its bills, kinda does away withthe need for a credit line from a bank
Good morning, it still is here.
The sun’s shining.
The sky hasn’t fallen.
Yet.
So Joey Barton completes another week of his journey.
I wonder if he has a clause in his contract that doesn’t pay him during international week.
Will he stay long enough to collect his pay packet during the winter break?
Or is that another period when he wont be paid?
In his place I would accept a six month payout.
It’s a higher percentage than the creditors will receive.
Re the UAE deal.
UAE is always on the Human Rights watch list, including for cracking down on dissidents.
With the AGM coming up, Anyone else wonder if PL was actually looking for suggestions on how to deal with them pesky GBers and resolution12ers? ….
Hebcelt/Ming
Pity the Saltire is shut. Hun/Rangers/Sevco bar or whatever, on Friday just about everyone in it it would be supporting Scotland.
The Irish bar suggestion is a good one, especially if it has a CSC associated with it. The others will more than likely be full of Arsenal, ManU, Chelsea and other EPL supporters.
I’d rather watch it in the British Bulldog, and have a bit of genuine rivallry with the English fans.
Hail Hail
Matt
Good evening friends
If you could have picked a player to make situation Sevco worser we would have picked Joey Warbarton – Shirley?
Wonder if agent Joey will spill the beans…… :)
Stolen from Twitter
Newco then….Sevco now….Kenco for ever….
http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/37940954
Midfielder Joey Barton has reached an agreement with Rangers to have his contract terminated.
The 34-year-old made only eight appearances for the club since joining from Burnley in the summer.
Years after many others on here but only 2 episodes to go and I’ll be right up to date with the ole Peaky Blinders. Definitely one that by-passed the Moderators! Back in an hour….
M.I.T
Trascan sinatras in session on shorty tonight.
HH
Long diagonal ball Nico Krankjar loses his marker slips the ball inside Scott Brown can’t catch……………Barton ( different league ) shoots scores ………… that’s the 55.
Sevco CSC
Petition to make SFA respond to impropriety allegations.
https://www.change.org/p/the-scottish-football-association-the-sfa-has-to-respond-to-allegations-of-impropriety-concerning-the-issue-of-uefa-licences?
An Tearmann on 10th November 2016 5:01 pm
I’m an auld git and had never heard of Trash can sinatras. Just listened to ‘Obscurity Knocks’.
Great stuff; love the way they play with words in the lyrics, and the musicianship is top notch. Will try more.
Hail Hail
Matt