Poppy The Brave and Her Story 🧡

Poppy Catterall - First diagnosed at 15 months old

The information below was previously taken from the GoFundMe page to appropriately inform our followers of Poppy's story through the words of Che (her mother) in February earlier this year.

"Poppy was 15 months old when she was first diagnosed.

Poppy underwent 2.5 years of treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and finally finished treatment in December 2022.

Sadly, in February 2023, just 6 short weeks after finishing treatment, Poppy suffered her first relapse. The cancer came back and was much more aggressive. The next treatment route was a stem cell transplant where we spent most of 2023 in hospital and apart as a family, juggling work, our other child and everything else that comes with having a sick child.

Poppy was doing well. She responded so well within the first 30 days post-transplant.

Sadly, this January (2024) we noticed Poppy again wasn’t her usual self. After pushing for weeks we managed to get Poppy a procedure done which sadly showed she had relapsed for a second time. Her third battle with cancer.

We sat with her new consultant at Great Ormond Street Hospital on 14/02 who told us that this is our last chance at a cure for Poppy so it HAS to be right.
With this being said we, as a family, want to spend as much time as we possibly can because they sadly don’t know what the future holds.

With Poppy’s care now transferring to a main children’s hospital, this comes with extra costs and this comes with Jordan, Poppy’s dad, having to take time off of work to help share the hospital and home load and of course, be there for his children.

This move to London for treatment also may mean as a family, we have to relocate to London to stay for some time as a family to be together as much as we can and give our absolute everything to get this right. We have spent so much time away from one another over the years that this time we all want to be together as much as we possibly can"

Now, in August of 2024, the family have announced to their social media that the last treatment taken place for Poppy, which is called CAR-T Therapy has unfortunately stopped working, and the cancer is back within Poppy's bone marrow.

This now means that Poppy is placed onto palliative care which will focus on providing a further QUALITY of life rather than focusing on an extended quantity of life.

How can you help make a difference?

Attend Our Charity Ball

Donate To Their GoFundMe

A percentage of the funds raised at this years Annual Themed Charity Ball will be donated to the Catterall Family to help provide some financial aid through this difficult time ahead.

Buy Tickets Here

Donate To Their GoFundMe

Donate to the GoFundMe which was set up by Che prior to this news. This is now a way to help support the family financially and enable them to create lasting fun memories with their little girl whilst they still can without worrying about the finances that are still with them while they aren't working.

Donate Here

Enter Supporting Raffles

Donate To Their GoFundMe

Attend The Nettlestead Care Home Fundraiser - Saturday 24th August

Many people across social media have found out about Poppy and the recent news.

Some people have set up online raffles which are still currently taking place in order to raise as much funding as possible to give to the family.

Find these raffles on Instagramaccounts such as:

@duffstuffx

@charmeventsdecor

Or Facebook Pages/Groups such as:

Mottingham Gossip

Nickie Claridge

Attend The Nettlestead Care Home Fundraiser - Saturday 24th August

Attend one of the fun days which are being organised by those wanting to help support The Catteralls such as this one and make memories with your own loved ones, whilst helping make a difference to a family in need of nothing but forever, smiling memories

For more information, email the organiser of this event

Lily.Keegan@nightingales.co.uk

Complete Your Own Fundraiser

Attend The Nettlestead Care Home Fundraiser - Saturday 24th August

Attend The Poppy Power Party Fundraiser - Saturday 24th August

Many people across social media have found out about Poppy and the recent news. Many of these people have now begun to complete different activities including a sponsored run with all proceeds going towards the GoFundMe page.

If you've been looking for an excuse to do something, this is your time. Support Poppy, Jude, Che and Jordan to make lasting memories