{"id":76116,"date":"2023-03-10T18:39:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T18:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=76116"},"modified":"2023-05-29T22:46:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T21:46:48","slug":"the-mum-trying-to-raise-8k-to-buy-her-four-year-old-son-an-off-road-wheelchair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2023\/03\/10\/the-mum-trying-to-raise-8k-to-buy-her-four-year-old-son-an-off-road-wheelchair\/","title":{"rendered":"The mum trying to raise \u00a38k to buy her four year old son an off-road wheelchair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The fundraiser will help Eddie, who has cerebral palsy, to keep up with his friends<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>MUM Eliska Zidova is trying to raise enough money for an off-road wheelchair for her four-year-old son Eddie who is living with cerebral palsy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Right now, Eddie has a standard wheelchair from the NHS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, mum-of-two Eliska said: \u201cEddie is so active and enjoys being outside and being adventurous, so the current wheelchair is not suitable to his needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI asked the NHS if they could find anything better &#8211; but they said no.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eddie\u2019s current wheelchair is heavy and does not allow him to play or keep up with the other children at school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"777\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2642-777x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2642-777x1024.jpg 777w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2642-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2642-770x1015.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2642-293x386.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2642.jpg 907w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"777\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2642-777x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2642-777x1024.jpg 777w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2642-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2642-770x1015.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2642-293x386.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2642.jpg 907w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eddie on Penarth seafront. Image: Eliska Zidova<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The cost of the off-road, or terrain, wheelchair itself was \u00a34,850.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eliska, 30, who lives in Gabalfa, said she did not have the money to spare so she turned to the community for help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In just the first week, her GoFundMe page had raised almost \u00a35,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was just so overwhelming because it happened so quick \u2013 my son is so loved by everyone in school and in the community,\u201d said Eliska.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After reaching the fundraising goal, Eddie went for an assessment and demo in his new wheelchair. After having his measurements taken, Eliska received a new quote of \u00a38,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said: \u201cI was so surprised that all of the standard extras such as seat belt or a foot plate were so expensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI thought it would be just a few hundred extra for the add-ons that Eddie needs but I did not expect it to nearly double. I felt so disheartened.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eliska, who is determined to meet the new fundraising goal, said: \u201cThe wheelchair will last him around 10 years so it is worth it, but I did not expect such a high price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI will always have the option to have a standard one for the NHS so in 10 years I will again be looking at more options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI plan to start saving now by putting money aside every month so that we have the money in 10 years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"754\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2641-1024x754.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2641-1024x754.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2641-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2641-770x567.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2641-293x216.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2641.jpg 1030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2641-1024x754.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2641-1024x754.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2641-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2641-770x567.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2641-293x216.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2641.jpg 1030w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eddie in his current wheelchair. Image: Eliska Zidova<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Eliska also opened up about the other financial worries she has when it comes to Eddie\u2019s future. She said: \u201cThere is a potential that he may be able to benefit from a spinal surgery \u2013 but it has been indicated to me that he may not be eligible on the NHS, so the surgery will cost another \u00a316,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf the doctors assure me that this surgery is what can get him to walk again, then \u00a316,000 is nothing \u2013 if it helps have a normal life \u2013 I will find the money.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Eliska and Eddie\u2019s story<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"830\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2643-1-830x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2643-1-830x1024.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2643-1-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2643-1-770x950.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2643-1-293x362.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2643-1.jpg 978w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"830\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2643-1-830x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2643-1-830x1024.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2643-1-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2643-1-770x950.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2643-1-293x362.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2643-1.jpg 978w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eliska and Eddie. Credit: Eliska Zidova<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Eliska, who is from the Czech Republic came to Wales in 2015 and works in Cardiff University\u2019s visa compliance department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 24 weeks pregnant, Eliska gave birth to Eddie in May 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eliska said: \u201cOut of nowhere I just started bleeding. I went to the hospital and after three days there he was born. Eddie was in the hospital for five months afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was just always waiting for a phone call to know if he was going to survive \u2013 he was just so small.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe had a large bleed on the right and left side of his brain and at that time I knew that this was going to affect his life but it was just a long waiting game to find out how much.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eddie was diagnosed when he was just a year old. Eliska and Eddie\u2019s father Benjamin, 28, decided to have Eddie tested when they noticed he was struggling to do standard things like rolling over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe official diagnosis was hard for both of us \u2013 when it is put on paper it hits you that it is going to be for the rest of your life,\u201d Eliska said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Eddie\u2019s birth, Eliska struggled with misplaced feelings of guilt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eliska said: \u201cIt took me more than a year to realise that it was not my fault Eddie was born so early.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo when Eddie was very poorly it became very hard to even go to the hospital. Sometimes I had days where I didn\u2019t even want to go in and I wanted to escape and never come back and other days when I wanted to be in the hospital all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In May 2022, Eliska was diagnosed with an invasive type of breast cancer whilst she was pregnant with her daughter, Elin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eliska found out she had breast cancer after she found a lump in her right breast when she was four months pregnant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy doctor didn\u2019t think it was anything because in pregnancy you get lumps all the time because of the milk ducts,\u201d said Eliska.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eventually her consultant referred her to a breast cancer centre where they found a 5cm tumour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eliska gave birth to her daughter Elin six weeks before she had to start chemotherapy and in January this year, she completed her cancer treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eliska\u2019s battle with cancer is what inspired her to get her son a wheelchair that can provide him with a better quality of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI want to do something for him because for the months of treatment I was just unable to do anything for the children,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1009\" height=\"936\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2644.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2644.jpg 1009w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2644-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2644-770x714.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2644-293x272.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1009\" height=\"936\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2644.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2644.jpg 1009w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2644-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2644-770x714.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/IMG_2644-293x272.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eliska, Eddie, Lloyd and Elin. Image: Eliska Zidova<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Raising a child with cerebral palsy is not an easy task and Eliska is very grateful for all the support she has from her partner Lloyd, 29, the father of Elin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eliska said: \u201cIt is not an easy life. It is everyday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEddie strives on routine so anything out of routine or any changes are really difficult for him to adjust to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPhysically it is tiring, especially after my pregnancy and having cancer last year. I definitely struggled to keep up with it all &#8211; but it is getting better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou just have to keep going because you don\u2019t have a choice &#8211; you just keep going for the children.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eliska said that despite these struggles: \u201cI would never change Eddie \u2013 he is a bundle of joy \u2013 every new word that he learns \u2013 every new way he learns to do things \u2013 it just makes me happy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To donate to &#8216;help get Eddie rollin&#8217; again&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/help-get-eddie-rollin-again\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fundraiser will help Eddie, who has cerebral palsy, to keep up with his 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