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17 year old in a fundraising bid to find a cure for CRPS
12 April 2011
17-year old Kiera Ward is raising money in a bid to find a cure for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), a condition that leaves her in near-constant agony.
Kiera was 11 years old when she suffered a broken foot in a tug-of-war accident. Because she couldn’t get immediate treatment, Kiera developed Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). It has left the lower part of her left leg in permanent pain, despite the break having fully healed.
Last summer Kiera’s illness spread to her upper torso. She now endures full-body pain so intense, she has at times been unable to sleep.
For three weeks she attended Bath Royal Hospital to try to correct her walk as she wasn’t putting any weight on her leg. However, that’s when the condition spread to her hips, shoulders, back and neck.
Doctors have admitted that, at present, Kiera’s condition cannot be cured. She takes 39 tablets a day to help reduce the pain.
On Saturday, she organised a fundraising walk round Strathclyde Park and raised over £600 in aid of Yorkhill Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow, where she was treated for five years.
Anyone who is interested in Kiera’s campaign can go to her Just Giving page, at http://www.justgiving.com/Kiera-Ward.
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