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ISSUE 03 (July, August & Sept 2001)
In this issue.........Front Page....Golfing Crazy! ....BT Community Award ....Reflux ....Mealtime Management ....Kendra's story ....PCCSR

Golfing Crazy!


£2,200, some very red faces and a bare bottom….. What do they all have in common? They were all part of the Max Appeal! Golf Day! The sun shone (eventually!) on the 19th June at Abbey Park Golf and Country Club in Redditch, Worcestershire whilst 50 golfers limbered up for the day’s golfing that lay ahead.

The turn out was fantastic, with golfers travelling from London, Manchester as well as throughout the Midlands area with the winning go......
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BT Community Award


Max Appeal!, has received a boost from a major BT award scheme “BT Community Connections“, which aims to award £1 million worth of Internet ready PC’s to community groups across the UK. The Group has been awarded a PC and 1 year’s access to the Internet.

Max Appeal! is using the Internet to ensure up to date information about the 22q11.2 deletion is available to medical and health professionals and families, enabling the best medical, devel......
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Reflux


Information concerning reflux is contained within our "Information Sheets" section. Please click on the link below.......
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Mealtime Management


Information concerning "Mealtime Management" is located in our "Information Sheets " section. Please follow the link below.......
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Kendra's story


On 9th June 1999 my wife gave birth to our fourth child who we named Kendra Louise Taylor. She weighed in at 5lb 6oz and as far as we knew everything was fine, little did we know what was to come.

On 24th June 1999 we took her to the doctors due to her not feeding well and going blue, this was the start of it all. When we arrived at the hospital her oxygen saturation's in her blood were only 44% instead of the expected level. We were transferr......
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PCCSR


All members should have received an invitation to the Conference being arranged by the Children’s Heart Federation, which is involved in the Review Group looking at Children’s Heart Services into the Future. We have now received confirmation from CHF that the Review Team intend to meet with support groups prior to their visits of Cardiac Units. Max Appeal! Propose to meet the Review Team at three of the following units: Birmingham Children’s,......
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