Fundraising Campaign to Change Sheffield Woman's Life
The friends and family of Blaire Webb, who has Cystic Fibrosis, are fundraising for her to have potentially life-changing treatment.
A South Yorkshire mum's told us she'll do whatever it takes to help her daughter live as long as possible.
27-year-old Blaire Webb from Sheffield has Cystic Fibrosis - a genetic disorder which causes the over-production of abnormally thick mucus.
She's been told she can't have a lung transplant so her friends and family are now trying to raise the money for a potentially life-changing stem cell treatment.
Blaire told Hallam:
**
"Hopefully even if it makes my lungs ten per cent better that'll be a massive improvement. If it works my life will be completely different. There'll be no more coughing. No more antibiotics, no more IVs every six weeks, no more infections and feeling tired. It'll be well worth it if it works."
- *
The treatment, which will replace the damaged cells to regenerate Blaire's lungs, isn't available in the UK so it will cost £50,000 for her to go over to the Dominican Republic for it.
After lots of testing her mum Kerry has been found to be a suitable match.
She said:
- *
"Anybody who's a parent knows that their child means more to them than anything in their life. Anything I can do to make Blaire's life better I will. I just want her to live as long as possible."
- *
At the age of 11 she had to have a liver transplant and in 2011 her kidneys went into renal failure.
Blaire's days are made up of a relentless routine of nebulisers, tablets, physio as well as regular hospital appointments and check-ups.
You can find out more about the fundraising campaign here: