Paige and family create hundreds of pieces of PPE
A Staffordshire family has been creating hundreds of pieces of PPE with a printer they built themselves to adapt items for their disabled daughter.
Stu Humphreys's daughter Paige is 13 and has Quadriplegic Dyskinetic Cerebral Palsy and has been on the receiving end of NHS care all her life.
The family use their three “franken-printers” mainly to develop means of adapting everyday items to suit Paige’s unique needs.
Stu, from Burntwood, said: "Although Paige’s physical challenges mean she is none verbal and relies on the use of a wheelchair, Paige is mentally as capable as any other teenager and fully understands what’s going on in the world.
"She appreciates why we must be a little more careful than most when it comes to protecting her from this awful virus.
"Sadly, over the weeks of the lockdown Paige’s mental health has been suffering somewhat, but this still hasn’t got her completely down and out.
"In her typical style she decided quite dramatically one morning that she wanted to help out and give something back to the fantastic people that have helped us so much in the past and write up her efforts as a self-propelled school project.
"With the help of an organisation of volunteers called Med Supply Drive UK – who match those with equipment/facilities to those in need – we have been printing and assembling face shields and ear savers as much as we can."
The family has now produced about 500 face shields and almost 700 ear savers that have been donated to local hospitals, care companies and other key workers.
And they started a fundraising page to buy more material to create the items, and they've already had more than £500 in donations.
Stu added: "Thankfully it has had the desired affect and seems to have cheered Paige up so much.
"It seems to be her nature, she wants to do anything to help someone else.
"It all started off with her watching the appeal for volunteers advert."
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