HOLIDAY makers have been sending postcards to two-year-old Jessie Stocks from all over the world to let her know there is a wide world beyond the four walls of her room at Sheffield Children’s Hospital.
Jessie has spent most of her life so far in hospital receiving treatment for leukaemia, recovering from a bone marrow transplant and enduring the side effects of the operation and chemotherapy.
But now her family has launched a special appeal which they hope will bring a little bit of the wider world into her hospital room and brighten up her and big sister Macy’s day.
They are appealing for holidaymakers to send in their postcards from around the world so they can create a world map of some of the planet’s most exotic locations.
Mum Mel, 37, of Mitchelson Avenue, Dodworth, said: “All my Jessie really knows are these four walls after spending 17 months in hospital and she is only two-years-old.
“I want her to understand more about the world and know there is more to life than just a hospital ward.”
Postcards can be sent to: Jessie and Macy Stocks, c/o Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Ward M3, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TH.
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