{"id":332,"date":"2025-08-01T13:19:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T12:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taasprd.wpenginepowered.com\/childrens-air-ambulance\/?page_id=332"},"modified":"2025-08-08T11:24:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T10:24:51","slug":"christmas-appeal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/appeals\/christmas-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<style id=\"strategiq-content-strip-style\">@font-face{font-family:\"Souvenir\";src:url(\"\/wp-content\/themes\/the-air-ambulance-service\/assets\/fonts\/souvenir.woff2\") format(\"woff2\");font-display:swap}.block-content-strip{padding-top:1.5625rem;padding-bottom:1.5625rem;padding-left:var(--outside-padding);padding-right:var(--outside-padding)}@media (min-width: 992px){.block-content-strip{padding-top:5.625rem;padding-bottom:5.625rem}}@media (max-width: 992px){.block-content-strip.--reverse-columns-mobile 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class=\"block-content-strip__column --type-text\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-styles block-content-strip__column-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"h2\">WILL YOU <span class=\"underline-highlight\">donate today<\/span> TO HELP MORE FAMILIES LIKE DOLLY&#8217;S?<\/h1>\n<p>Baby Dolly was born premature and unwell. At just a few weeks old, she needed urgent care. We transferred her, and a team of specialists to London for the treatment she needed, before returning her home when she was well enough.<\/p>\n<p>Our helicopters are flying intensive care units for babies and children. We urgently need you to say \u201c<strong>yes<\/strong>\u201d and help to provide this lifesaving support.\u00a0We receive no government funding and rely on your donations to help us save more lives together<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn--solid btn--amber btn--green\" href=\"https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/donate\/\">Donate Today<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6 mb-4 mb-lg-0 \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-content-strip__column --type-image\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-content-strip__column-image --aspect-ratio-square\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture class=\" behave-as-bg\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/334\/Dolly-5-1400x1000.webp 1.000x,https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/334\/Dolly-5-2800x2000.webp 2.000x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/334\/Dolly-5-1400x1000.webp 1.000x,https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/334\/Dolly-5-2800x2000.webp 2.000x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/334\/Dolly-5-1400x1000.webp 1.000x,https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/334\/Dolly-5-2800x2000.webp 2.000x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 576px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/334\/Dolly-5-1400x1000.webp 1.000x,https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/334\/Dolly-5-2800x2000.webp 2.000x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/334\/Dolly-5-1400x1000.webp 1.000x,https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/334\/Dolly-5-2800x2000.webp 2.000x\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/334\/Dolly-5-1400x1000.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/334\/Dolly-5-1400x1000.webp 1.000x,https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/334\/Dolly-5-2800x2000.webp 2.000x\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1000\" class=\"\"><\/picture>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\t\t<section style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\" class=\"block-content-strip wp-block-strategiq-content-strip has-background has-sky-background-color\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container p-0\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-between align-items-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6 col-xl-7 mb-4 mb-lg-0 \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-content-strip__column --type-text\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-styles block-content-strip__column-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>DOLLY&#8217;S STORY<\/h1>\n<p>When Dolly\u2019s parents Alana and Jeff thought their baby girl wouldn\u2019t make it, they were so grateful that the Children\u2019s Air Ambulance was there to help her get the lifesaving medical care she needed.<\/p>\n<p>Alana discovered she was pregnant at 19 weeks and just nine weeks later Dolly came into the world and was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit at Gloucester Royal Infirmary.<\/p>\n<p>As well as having the usual problems associated with being born premature, Dolly went into acute liver failure. She became jaundice and her liver didn\u2019t respond to treatment, so doctors decided to transfer her to King\u2019s College Hospital, London for specialist treatment and neonatal care.<\/p>\n<p>After five weeks in London, Dolly was able to return home and spend Christmas with her family. However, soon after she became unresponsive. \u201cShe went grey and floppy. We called 999 straight away. She was only taking ten very shallow breaths a minute and we were told she nearly went into cardiac arrest. I couldn\u2019t believe it, during those terrifying moments, we thought our baby was gone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, once paramedics arrived, Dolly started breathing again and was taken to Gloucester Royal Infirmary. She was put on life support, but the hospital didn\u2019t have the right paediatric equipment to treat her, so she was rushed to Bristol Children\u2019s Hospital by land ambulance.<\/p>\n<p>The next 24 hours were critical. Dolly was in acute respiratory distress and had bronchiolitis. Her left lung had collapsed with only 30% functionality in her right lung. On top of this, she also had a bacterial chest infection, and her liver was failing again. She desperately needed to return to King\u2019s College Hospital, London for specialist care.<\/p>\n<p>This is where the Children\u2019s Air Ambulance was able to help. Our helicopter picked Dolly and a specialist retrieval team from WATCh up and flew them to London. A journey that would have taken approximately 2 hours 40 minutes by road, took just 49 minutes by air. A few months later, Dolly was well enough to return home, and the Children\u2019s Air Ambulance was there again to get them back safely and speedily.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-5 col-xl-4 mb-4 mb-lg-0 \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-content-strip__column --type-image\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-content-strip__column-image --aspect-ratio-portrait\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture class=\" behave-as-bg\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/335\/Dolly-15-1400x1000.webp 1.000x,https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/335\/Dolly-15-2800x2000.webp 2.000x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" 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src=\"https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/themes\/the-air-ambulance-service\/assets\/icons\/heart_lime.svg\" alt=\"Donation Pod Icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Will you help us save more lives?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"strategiq-react-form-wrapper\">\n        <div id=\"form-root-6a3bf8ea2922e\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t<section class=\"block-featured-testimonial wp-block-strategiq-featured-testimonial has-background has-white-background-color\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container p-0\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-sm-10 col-xl-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-styles block-featured-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Children\u2019s Air Ambulance is an amazing service, and we are so very grateful that it was there for our daughter twice. The charity needs donations to keep the helicopters flying and they deserve every penny they get.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-featured-testimonial__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-featured-testimonial__avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAlana, Dolly&#8217;s Mum\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"block-donation-strip wp-block-strategiq-donation-strip has-background has-sky-background-color\">\n\t<div class=\"container p-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-7 col-xl-8\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row h-100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-xl-6 mb-4 mb-xl-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-styles js-fade-up\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"h3\">WHEN EVERY SECOND COUNTS, WE&#8217;RE THERE.<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"173\" data-end=\"274\">Without 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