15/10/2020
Hi all,
One of our players Jordan Wright is doing a 24 hour charity FIFA stream to raise money for Action Medical Research who help babies who are born prematurely please see below his story
"Chelsea’s water broken prematurely at 35 weeks 2 days on the 1st October at 2.30am, as she had tested positive for Group B Strep during her pregnancy she was told to go in immediately to be checked and monitored. It was then that the doctor confirmed Chelsea’s water had gone but he felt it would be safe to keep her in till 36 weeks under close monitoring and Chelsea on IV antibiotics and bed rest.
That night Chelsea quickly started to deteriorate, her temperature began spiking and heart rate began rapidly increasing, her bloods came back showing infection markers and she was taken to labour ward on the 2nd October to begin induction.
Evie-Lou came into the world at 16.57 on the 2nd October weighing 5lb12oz, initially she appeared healthy, breathing alone and it wasn’t until she was taken to neonatal for checks that they realised something was wrong and she indeed had the infection too.
At 6 days old she needed to be intubated as she was struggling to breathe for herself.
Early hours the following morning we received a phone call, Evie rapidly took a turn for the worst and the infection was attacking her body and effectively shutting down her organs, we was told the next 24-48 hours were crucial.
Thankfully Evie’s body started to respond to the antibiotics and many other drugs the following day and now at almost 2 weeks old (almost a week on from that point) she is completely off any breathing apparatus and only receiving IV antibiotics, she’s still in the NICU but is on the road to recovery and hopefully soon home."
Please see below the link to his just giving page all donations will mean so much please help him reach his goal. Please feel free to share on your social media or to friends and family every little will help
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/jordan-wright6
We would all like to wish Evie a speedy recovery and say all the best to Jordan Wright and his family. Everyone at Underwood is here to support him.
Many Thanks
All at Underwood Villa