Jersey Children's Charity and Friends of SCBU Charity Auction

White Star Charter have kindly donated a Three Day Charter on their fabulous Lady Tatiana of London.

Please bid generously on this amazing auction item to raise funds for the Special Care Baby Unit at the General Hospital.
           
Bidding for this item will start at 10:00am on Sunday 9th March and will run until 6:00pm on Saturday 15th March prior the event A Night in Neverland, at which this item will be available to bids from the guests attending. The starting bid will be that of the highest bid received at 6:00pm from this online auction.
There is a reserve on the auction item and therefore no sale will take place if the reserve is not met.
Please enter your bid into the form at the bottom of the this page. We will be notified of your bid and the winner of the item will be announced at the Night in Neverland event (and subsequently contacted on the details provided in the form or provided on the night).

This auction lot is for a 3 day charter for up to 11 people, on board the 86ft motor yacht 'Lady Tatiana of London' to be taken between 1st October 2014 to 31st May 2015 (including Christmas, Valentines and Easter).
Lady Tatiana is a luxury motor yacht managed by White Star Charter and based in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Lady Tatiana provides 5 permanent guest cabins, all with en-suite bathrooms that accommodate up to 11 guests sleeping on board. The yacht is a charter yacht with 4 professional crew. The super yacht is ideal for Luxury motor yacht vacations, anniversary celebrations, birthday parties, team building etc.
The 3 day charters are during the period from 1st October 2014 to 31st May 2015. The 3 day charter will start at 11:00am on the Tuesday and finish at 6:00pm on the thursday or start at 11:00am on the Friday and finish at 6:00pm on the Sunday. They are sold on a first come basis.
The charter price includes chartering of Lady Tatiana for the period, plus the 4 person crew - comrpising of the Captain, the Ched the Stewardess and the First Mate/Desk Hand - and moorings in the home port of Palma.
Food, drinks, fuel for the yacht (estimated at around £350 per day for a day's cruising and anchoring in the bay of Palma), laundry, utility charges, moorings outside the home port of Palma are NOT included.
The yacht, specification, inventory, crew profile, and photo gallery etc can be viewed on the official website for the yacht at www.whitestarcharter.com
HAPPY BIDDING...

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Lindsay's Story

I remember it very clearly, being sat in the antenatal clinic awaiting my 12 weeks scan.  It was my first pregnancy and I had no idea what to expect.  I had experienced no sickness, tiredness or belly growth and I remember saying to my husband ”I hope something shows up”!

That something turned into two things - we were expecting twins & identical.  Shock & excitement were replaced with worry when we were advised of the risks associated with an identical twin pregnancy.  Unfortunately the risks became reality when we were diagnosed with Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS), a life threatening disease which affects the placenta.  TTTS affects twins who share not only a placenta but also some of the same circulation, resulting in the transfusion of blood from one twin (the donor) to the other (the recipient) in the womb. In most cases the donor twin may become smaller and anaemic due to not having enough blood supply. The recipient twin has a higher blood volume, which can strain the foetus’s heart and lead to heart failure.

I was diagnosed at 17 weeks after a routine scan.  Several phone calls later & we were on a flight to London to be seen by Kings College Hospital for treatment.  Laser surgery was carried out to separate the connecting vessels & we remained in London for the next 2 weeks for follow up treatment and scans. Both babies survived the procedure & it was at this time we found out we were expecting girls.

Flights were paid for from our own pockets - owing to our earnings we did not qualify for funding.  Luckily we have family in London & were able to stay with them for the duration of treatment, otherwise this part of our journey could have been very expensive & different.

After several trips backwards and forwards from the UK (funded by ourselves), Kings signed my care back over to Jersey General where we remained until the arrival of our beautiful baby girls.  Zara & Layla were delivered by emergency C section after I went into spontaneous labour at 30+1 weeks.  Small (3lbs 3oz & 2lbs 11oz) but perfect they began a whole new fight for their lives in SCBU.  Ventilated for the first 48 hours, the girls became stronger and stronger.

Layla was diagnosed with a heart condition called pulmonary stenosis (fixed obstruction of flow from the right ventricle of the heart to the pulmonary artery). She was our recipient twin so a heart condition was anticipated, however an operation to correct this condition was not expected within the first month of her life.  Both girls had been doing exceptionally well, however Layla was dependant on oxygen which is why the procedure was vital.

 1 month old and still very small, Layla was transferred from Jersey General Hospital to Southampton General Hospital where the procedure was to take place (due to specialist care not being available in Jersey).

We were accommodated on the private jet which transferred her in an incubator, however we took care of our own arrangements on arrival into Southampton Airport.  Hire Car and accommodation for 4 nights was catered for out of our own pockets.

Luckily for us it was a short stay, however for others this is a different story.

When we returned to Jersey, Layla & Zara grew from strength to strength and after 7 weeks in SCBU they came home on Christmas Eve 2010 The best Christmas presents any parent could ask for.

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