Sophies Gift

After 9 months we mange to get Sophie back to St Mary's to see her beloved team. Whilst the result wasn't too hot [we lost 2 - 1] the atmosphere seemed to bring out the best in Sophie. She loved every minute of it!

It was like a well oiled machine in full operation to get her to St Mary's. Both myself and Ali had to be trained to give Sophie her vital drugs. The nurse [Jo a massive footie fan] and senior physio Gina [not so massive football fan] had planned it extensively and the Southampton team had a room ready for Sophie, St Johns ambulance were aware and on standby.

The biggest smile from Sophie came when the goal was scored as the stadium erupted. Whats more outstanding is her ability to stay awake the whole day and only crashed out for 2 whole days when her head hit the pillow back at Bath later that evening!

After the match we took Sophie into reception to meet her stars, and David McGoldrick came out to see her with his family as did Lee Holmes and Andrew Surman. The manager then came out and seemed very stuck for words...

We would like to pass our thanks to Michael Wilde, Jordan Sibley, Kelly Southwell and David Luker for making it all possible and run smoothly and welcome Sophie back into the club.

Sophie is returning to St Mary's today to watch Southampton v Birmingham, in the opening home game of the season.

She has responded really well to several recordings and match crowd noises and so the rehabilitation team are going to bring her to the Stadium to witness the atmosphere for herself. She is progressng really well an we hope she and her family have a really enjoyable day.

With so many companies in the south we thought it would be a good idea to see how many would be prepared to support a new Mobile CT Scanner for the Neurological Center of Excellence in Southampton.

In addition to our other fund raising activities we have set aside another site Sophies Community to target the local companies.