Solent Parenting

03/07/2026

📺 Evie's Living Donor Campaign was featured on ITV Meridian news this evening! 📺

Check it out! Could you be Evie's hero?

How You Can Help:
We are looking for a living kidney donor. You only need one healthy kidney to live a full life, but donating one would give Evie her entire life back.
• Blood Type Needed: B or O 
• Age: over 18 & under 60 years old 
• Generally fit & healthy 
• With a BMI of less than 30
• The Process: Donating is a selfless act handled entirely by specialist nurses who look after kidney donors only. Your information remains confidential, and you will be supported every step of the way.
Interested in learning more?
Please email Specialist Nurse Amy Shipperley at Guys & St Thomas's - [email protected] and mention you are enquiring for Evie Carter. A health questionnaire will then be sent to you.

Not sure if you can donate? You can still help!
Please LIKE/SHARE/FORWARD this message. The more people who see Evie’s story, the better her chances of finding a match!


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03/07/2026

❗️Please tune into ITV Meridian News at 6pm tonight and help Evie!

Evie is 17 and is looking for a living kidney donor due to a rare condition which has put her into renal failure meaning she spend three days a week on dialysis at Southampton Children’s Hospital.

🎶 During her time on dialysis, Evie has been having music therapy sessions with student Music Therapist Lucy who has been on 3rd placement with on the dialysis unit. Through the sessions, Evie has written a song about what she is going through with the hope to find her a living kidney donor and spread awareness of the need for living organ donors.

🙏🏻 Please tune in and share Evie's song and story and help us find Evie her donor!

Could you be Evie's hero!?

We are looking for a living kidney donor. You only need one healthy kidney to live a full life, but donating one would give Evie her entire life back.

• Blood Type Needed: B or O
• Age: over 18 & under 60 years old
• Generally fit & healthy
• With a BMI of less than 30

• The Process: Donating is a selfless act handled entirely by professionals. Your information remains confidential, and you will be supported every step of the way.
Interested in learning more?

Please email Specialist Nurse, Amy Shipperley at Guys & St Thomas's hospital [email protected] and mention you are enquiring for Evie Carter & you will be sent a health survey.

https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2026-07-03/teenage-girl-writes-song-to-highlight-urgent-need-for-kidney-donor

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22/06/2026

It may seem "odd" to talk about the positives of Evie's situation - but this is definitely one of them. The Clinical Nurse Specilist for kidney donation at .nhs, Amy Shipperley, put me in touch with another parent of a young kidney patient who had a successful campaign to find a .

Maria (mum) & Maya (yp) ran their appeal last year & Maya had a successful transplant in Jan this year!
This newspaper article (published today, 22nd June) is written by journalist Emma, who first covered thier story & later went on to become Maya's donor ❤️

Thank you, Emma for 🥳 & continuing to raise awareness for living kidney donation. We especially want to thank you for helping to bring attention to Evie’s story in particular!

Could you be a living kidney donor?
To find out more, please email: [email protected] & ask about donating for Evie.

19/06/2026

17/06/2026

The
have shared Evie's campaign story!

In April 2025, then 15-year-old Evie was preparing to take on her GCSE exams, thinking about college and what her future held. However, during this time, Evie became increasingly unwell, leaving her under emergency admission to Southampton Children's Hospital.
Evie, described by her mother, Sally, as “empathetic, kind, caring, funny and clever”, was later diagnosed with atypical Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS), a life-threatening, ultra-rare disease that only affects 1 in 500,000 people. The disease occurs when an overactive immune system creates tiny blood clots in small blood vessels, resulting in restricted blood flow to vital organs, causing Evie’s kidneys to fail.
It was later discovered that Evie’s condition had been caused by 2 rare underlying hidden genetic conditions: Cobalamin C Deficiency, a rare metabolic condition that affects 1 in 200,000 people and Complement Factor I Deficiency, which affects the immune system, impacting 1 in 1,000,000 people.
Evie remained in Southampton Children's Hospital for 3 months, missing her GCSE’s while doctors helped get her condition under control, forcing her family to adjust to major life changes, including restrictions, medication routines and building work on their house to ensure every element was clean and safe for Evie’s return.
After Evie returned home, the journey was far from straightforward. Her mother discusses “managing all of this at home was a lot! Evie got infections and/or overloaded on more than one occasion, which led to more hospital stays & more medications.”
Thankfully, Evie was awarded her GCSE’s, which led her to start college in September. Yet due to another hospital admission, which resulted in Evie having to switch to long-term haemodialysis 3 times a week at Southampton Children’s Hospital.

16/06/2026

Get • This is Evie, 17years old.
She is Autistic & has ADHD. She is empathetic, kind, caring, funny & clever.
She is creative, a singer, loves to read, & is passionate about musicals, star wars & all things marvel... In many ways, a pretty average teenager.
Last year she was preparing to sit her GCSE'S, thinking about college & what the future holds - Then she became unwell...

After an emergency admission to Southampton Children's Hospital, in April 2025, we discovered she had developed an ultra-rare, life-threatening disease called Atypical Heamolytic Uremaic Syndrome ( ) which is thought to affect approx 1 in 500, 000 & this had caused her kidneys to fail!

We later discovered this had been caused by not 1, but 2 rare underlying genetic conditions that we hadn't previously known about.
- Cobalamin C Deficency, a rare metabolic condition (1 in 200,000) &
- Compliment Factor I deficiency, an ultra-rare genetic condition affecting the immune system (1 in 1,000,000) as well as being in end stage kidney failure.

After many more months of tests, vaccines, scans, etc... Evie has now been added to the Deceased Donor list. This is good news, but no-one knows just how long she will have to wait - it's a bit like waiting for a lottery win. It could be this week, it could take MUCH longer... We are currently being told at least 2-3years.

Evie just wants to do normal teenage stuff!
Go to college, hangout with friends, learn to drive, sing & be happy - a transplant isn't a cure, but it would give her a much better chance of doing those things & would mean no more dialysis (hopefully for a very long time!)

Unfortunately, there is no-one in the family suitable as a living donor.
So, this is our appeal - could you be Evie's hero!?
Could you be a living kidney donor?

How You Can Help:
We are looking for a living kidney donor. You only need one healthy kidney to live a full life, but donating one would give Evie her entire life back.
• Blood Type Needed: B or O
• Age: over 18 & under 60 years old
• Generally fit & healthy
• With a BMI of less than 30

15/06/2026

🎵 A Life on Pause: Helping Evie Reach her Full Potential🎵
Evie is 17 and ready to take on the world—but she needs a hero to help her get there!
Like any teenager, Evie dreams of the future. She is a wonderful singer, a music lover, and textile artist and is currently working hard to get back to college. But Evie is also living with  , an ultra-rare condition that suddenly caused her kidneys to fail.
For Evie, life is currently a cycle of , medications and hospital visits. As someone who is  and ADHD, these constant disruptions are incredibly taxing. She thrives on rhythm and harmony, but has turned her life into a series of loud, stressful interruptions, where the only constant is change itself.
She doesn’t want a miracle; she just wants to be a regular teenager. She wants to be able to go to college, sing her heart out and enjoy time with her friends without being exhausted, anxious & worried about picking up bugs and germs, or following dietary requirements & fluid restirictions. She wants to enjoy the independence that every 17-year-old deserves!

How You Can Help:
We are looking for a  . You only need one healthy kidney to live a full life, but donating one would give Evie her entire life back.
• Blood Type Needed: B or O 
• Age: over 18 & under 60 years old 
• Generally fit & healthy 
• With a BMI of less than 30
• The Process: Donating is a selfless act handled entirely by specialist nurses who look after kidney donors only. Your information remains confidential, and you will be supported every step of the way.
Interested in learning more?
Please email Specialist Nurse Amy Shipperley at Guys & St Thomas's - [email protected] and mention you are enquiring for Evie Carter. A health questionnaire will then be sent to you.

Not sure if you can donate? You can still help!
Please LIKE/SHARE/FORWARD this message. The more people who see Evie’s story, the better her chances of finding a match!

The song accompanying this appeal is written & sung by Evie, in collaboration with Lucy Chambers, Music Therapist with & recorded at in South

25/11/2025

Earlier this year one of my children was diagnosed with end stage kidney failure - they need a kidney transplant.

I am taking part in Kidney Research UK 's fundraiser by completing 12 cold water dips in December - please show your support by sharing my just giving link & donating what you can.
Thanks, Sally x

Link to my just giving page in my bio

23/09/2025

Posted • In light of recent news, we would like to highlight that the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency () has confirmed that taking paracetamol during pregnancy remains safe and there is no evidence that it causes autism in children. (link to news story in comments)

You can also take the usual recommended doses of paracetamol if you are breastfeeding. Find more information in our Pain Relief (Analgesics) factsheet
(link in bio)

If you need information on taking any medication while breastfeeding, please contact our Drugs in Breastmilk Service team on Facebook or via email: [email protected]

If you are unsure about taking any medication when you are pregnant or breastfeeding, you can also talk to your GP, health visitor, or midwife.

[ID: MHRA confirms taking paracetamol during pregnancy remains safe and there is no evidence it causes autism in children. You can also take paracetamol at the normal adult dose if you are breastfeeding. Source: Pain Relief (Analgesics) and Breastfeeding Factsheet.]

23/09/2025

Posted • 8 Reasons Why Visibility of Black Maternal Mental Health Matters ✨
1. To confront hidden disparities
2. To break stigma and silence
3. To humanise the statistics
4. To shape services that work
5. To amplify community solutions
6. To embed anti-racist care & cultural competency
7. To rebuild trust
8. To highlight links to maternal mortality

Bonus two:
9. To show intergenerational impact
10. To elevate Black women’s leadership

Every statistic represents a mother, a baby, and a family. Visibility makes Black mothers impossible to ignore.

Like. Share. Repost. Help make Black mothers visible.