{"id":350,"date":"2025-08-01T14:42:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taasprd.wpenginepowered.com\/childrens-air-ambulance\/appeals\/oscars-appeal\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T08:34:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T07:34:37","slug":"oscars-appeal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/appeals\/oscars-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar&#039;s 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\">help us<\/span> TO KEEP A CHILD ALIVE?<\/h1>\n<p>When Oscar was born, there were concerns that her was seriously unwell. At just a few days old, we flew him 168 miles to receive the specialist care he urgently needed.<\/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-landscape\">\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\/353\/Oscar-E-5-1400x1000.webp 1.000x,https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/353\/Oscar-E-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\/353\/Oscar-E-5-1400x1000.webp 1.000x,https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/353\/Oscar-E-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\/353\/Oscar-E-5-1400x1000.webp 1.000x,https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/353\/Oscar-E-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\/353\/Oscar-E-5-1400x1000.webp 1.000x,https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/353\/Oscar-E-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\/353\/Oscar-E-5-1400x1000.webp 1.000x,https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/353\/Oscar-E-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\/353\/Oscar-E-5-1400x1000.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/353\/Oscar-E-5-1400x1000.webp 1.000x,https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/353\/Oscar-E-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>Oscar&#8217;s Story<\/h1>\n<p>Within hours of being born by C-Section at Royal Cornwall Hospital, Oscar was struggling to breathe, and his oxygen levels had plummeted to dangerous levels.<\/p>\n<p>His doctors suspected he had a rare heart malformation, and after consulting with the specialist paediatric cardiac team at Bristol Children\u2019s Hospital, it was decided to transfer Oscar there to get the urgent care he needed \u2013 168 miles away.<\/p>\n<p>We flew to Bristol to pick up a specialist retrieval team to fly them to Royal Cornwall Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>On arrival in Cornwall, the team prepared Oscar for the flight back to Bristol Children\u2019s Hospital and accompanied him in the helicopter \u2013 which took just 54 minutes to complete the transfer. The same journey by road would have taken nearly three hours.<\/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-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\/354\/OscarE-4-May-20-scaled-1-1400x1000.webp 1.000x,https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/354\/OscarE-4-May-20-scaled-1-2800x2000.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-6a3bd5d612789\"><\/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\t\u201cIt was the first time in three years that a baby had been born in Cornwall with the condition and the doctors in Bristol said they wanted Oscar there within 48 hours. It was awful.\u201d\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\tClare, Oscar&#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\u2019re there.<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"173\" data-end=\"274\">Without donations, the Children\u2019s Air Ambulance would not have been able to say yes 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