Aplastic anaemia

January is hard but the light is returning very slowly and the act of helping, donating and sending kindness to someone once a week makes us at 500 Reasons feel really good and very happy and we send love to you all every single week. 

This week’s nomination is from Kim who has had such amazing help from AAT who are a small trust. 

Good morning everyone, 

I'd like to nominate The Aplastic Anaemia Trust (AAT)for a  donation please . This tiny charity is dear to my heart. Their information and support helped me hugely when I needed it. Aplastic Anaemia is a scary, rare life threatening disease which basically is bone marrow failure.It affects 2:1 million adults and children in the UK. It’s so rare that most health professionals have never heard of it. 

The AAT is the only charity supporting people with Aplastic Anaemia in the UK. They publish the only patient information about Aplastic Anaemia including a full suite of age appropriate booklets for children, accessible videos and a children's book. 

 Interestingly  an  AAT worker recently worked closely with Coronation Street scriptwriters to ensure their storyline of a child diagnosed with Aplastic Anaemia accurately showed the diagnosis and effect it can have on  families. 

PS did you know that Marie Curie had Aplastic Anaemia? 

https://www.theaat.org.uk/what-is-aplastic-anaemia

I hope you can consider this nomination. 

Thanks 

Kim Watkins