3752 3 2009-04-12T23:38:09-07:00 GBP <p>My best friend suffers from Fanconi. She is a walking miracle. As a small child she spent most of her time in hospital undergoing painful operations and had to teach herself to walk over and over again as metalwork was placed into her lower limbs. She was isolated from her family at this time and totally had to depend on herself.</p> <p>She is a true survivor.</p> <p>She graduated from Goldsmith&#8217;s London with her art degree as a YBA (Young British Artist)having been in the same class as Damien Hurst. Then onto Slade for an MA. All this in conjunction with constant hospital stays, blood transfusions and a strict regime to keep herself alive. Now in her forties she must surely be one of the few that have made it this far. She now needs medical treatment that will rid her of Fanconi for good. It will cost 25 thousand pounds. She is the most inspirational contempory artist of our time, however no gallery will give the opportunity she deserves and display these works of art, most likely because of her height and condition.</p> <p>Please please help to give her her life back.</p> 2009-10-30T17:00:00-07:00 25000.0 3779 image/jpeg 2_small.jpg 42978 2009-04-13T01:15:49-07:00 1 2009-04-12T17:00:00-07:00 Fanconi, art, treatment, contemporary, artist, medical, lifesaving,miracle 2010-02-08T13:28:16-08:00 10.0 775 0.04 79 2008-10-06T20:00:55-07:00 1 Women women 2008-10-06T20:00:55-07:00 122 2008-10-06T20:00:55-07:00 41 Health & Disease health-disease 2008-10-06T20:00:55-07:00 218 2008-10-06T20:00:55-07:00 19 Arts arts 2008-10-06T20:00:55-07:00