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She\u2019ll be able to go toilet on her own and play with her friends on her own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not a massive crier but I\u2019ve cried so many times over the weekend about everyone\u2019s generosity and supportiveness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Betsy was born at Barnsley hospital after traumatic labour where she was starved of oxygen for 16 minutes causing a brain injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both parents have needed to carry Betsy upstairs which has been getting harder as she grows older. There have also been some tough times for the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mrs Pollock said: \u201cThe only difficulty for me is that she\u2019ll ask a question like \u2018Mummy will I ever walk?\u2019 and she always asks me when I\u2019m not expecting it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo, I do that thing when I go to the bathroom and cry and then I\u2019ll go downstairs and answer the question.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rebecca Fearn, 38, is one of the family friends that helped set up the fundraiser, she said:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe had talked about doing a fundraiser for quite a few years, but Beth and Chris were reluctant to do it as it isn\u2019t really their thing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think now because the funding was running out they knew that we had to do something so that\u2019s why they gave us their blessing for the page.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Betsy has loved the attention and reading all of the messages on the fundraiser, especially as her mum said that \u201cshe\u2019s had a bit of wobble recently with accepting that she\u2019s never going to walk or never going to lead what is considered a normal life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut she thinks she\u2019s famous writing autographs for people at school and pretending that her little brother, who is four, is her personal assistant.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Any additional funds over \u00a320,000 will go towards the perfect wet room for Betsy which will allow her to gain even more independence, such as going to the toilet and washing her hands on her own.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The family and friends have planned a park run on 2<sup>nd<\/sup>&nbsp;April at Locke Park in Barnsley to raise the further funds where Betsy will take part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mrs Pollock said: \u201cI said to her \u2018look you don\u2019t have to do it\u2019 because she has to wear splints and last time her feet were bleeding, and she was quite poorly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut she\u2019s determined.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like to donate click here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/betsys-lift-to-independence?utm_source=customer&amp;utm_medium=copy_link_all&amp;utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet\">https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/betsys-lift-to-independence?utm_source=customer&amp;utm_medium=copy_link_all&amp;utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fundraiser for an eight-year-old girl with cerebral palsy in Barnsley has raised over \u00a320,000 for a lift that will \u2018change her life\u2019.\u00a0 Four family friends who set up the GoFundMe page have hit their target in less than two weeks to install a lift in Chris and Beth Pollock\u2019s home in Barnsley, as their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":48943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,18,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-charity","category-health","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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