MACIES SMARTPUP - HCSS FUNDRAISER 🐶

For all who haven't heard, we have just welcomed a wonderful new client into our HCSS community, Miss Macie and her wonderful mummy, Chloe! and we are hosting a fundraiser for Macie to get a smart pup!
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ABOUT OUR FUNDRAISER

For the next 1 year
HCSS will be donating $5.00 from each and every booking with our service to Macies fundraiser under the clients name!

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We would also love to see some of our community donate themselves, to this wonderful cause! All donations over $2.00 are tax deductible. 

Follow the links below to Macies fundraiser page, and Macies blog. 

For every $100.00 donated by our community, seperate from the $5.00 booking donations, we will gift a voucher for an hour of free childcare to say thank you! 

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(Vouchers must be used within specified time frame and come with a minimum booking of 3 hours to be used.) 

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Our owner, Holly Connelly, will also have tickets with her at every booking for clients to purchase for the two Raffle basket's Macie's mum, Chloe will raffling off before the 24th of March. Prizes will be drawn at the North Queensland Babies and Kids Market on the 24th of March 2018.

 

So Please, help us reach Macies goal!!! 
#determination #maciesjourney

Macies Blog:

https://www.facebook.com/maciesdetermination/

Macies fundraiser page for donations: 

https://www.smartpups.org.au/campaigns/macies-smart-pup/…

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SOME BACKGROUND ON MACIE & CHLOE

Macie and Chloe utilise our services for speech and physical therapy, to aid Macie with overcoming many medical issues that arose from being born as an undiagnosed breech, after a complication-free pregnancy for mum, Chloe. 

Chloe was unable to have medical intervention when the breech was discovered late into labour, resulting in a difficult birth and extended period of time without oxygen for Macie. 

This has led to many medical issues including:

- Siezures (Epilepsy)

- Hypoxia related brain damage

- Cerebral palsy diagnoses, originally at level 4, but recently downgraded to level 2

- Horners syndrome, affecting her eyes and raising the potential of vision issues in the future

- Inability to swallow or suck, resulting in Macie relying on a feeding tube her whole life and recently having a permanent feeding tube (PEG) surgically placed into her stomach

- Recently beginning to lose some of her hearing

- A lack of immune system, resulting in Macie becoming sick with viral infections often. 

Macie is a determined girl though! 

Doctors initially told Chloe that Macie would never roll, crawl or walk, but Macie has pushed herself and exceeded those expectations! Macie can walk large distances with assistance (holding walls or couches) and small distances assistance free! She can climb foam blocks and the couch, play in the water pit with her brothers and sisters, read books and play with her toys!
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WHAT IS A SMART PUP?

A smart pup is a specially trained assistance/service dog, that will offer an enormous impact on Macie's day-to-day life, including:

- Detecting Macies siezures up to 20 minutes before they occur - allowing Macies family time to move her to a safe space
- Aiding her with walking, through being a balance support and being her eyes and ears if her vision and hearing continue to deteriorate
- Being and emotional and social support as Macie lives her life with continuous hospital and doctor visits & tests and day-to-day hurdles. 

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Smart pups is a non-profit organisation who have already put a percentage of the cost towards Macies smart pup, but Macie and Chloe need to raise the remaining $20 000 for specialised training themselves.