Our son Harvey parry who is now 3, caught meningitis meningococcal septicemia at the age 15 months, after spending 4 months in intensive care he had to have both his legs and 3 fingers on his right hand amputated.

The NHS supplied our son with 8 pairs of prosthetic legs, each one was uncomfortable for Harvey to wear. See videos of Harvey's media campaign at harveyparry-appealfund.com/media/Media-compaign.htm.

The consultant who amputated Harvey’s legs advised us that if we did not want Harvey to lose even more of his remaining legs, we need a high quality pair of prosthetic legs, not the NHS legs which were causing his legs damage.

We had no choice but to go private, we found a company in New York Long Island www.astepaheadonline.com.

Since going private our Primary Care Trust Enfield have withdrawn all support services i.e. physiotherapy, occupational therapy etc. They have told us that they will not fund legs from the USA even if they are better than the ones supplied by the NHS. I have asked our Primary Care Trust Enfield on many occasions for a costing of Harvey’s prosthetic legs, I had to use the Freedom Of Information Act to force them to reveal the cost.  The total cost provided by Enfield PCT of Harvey parry's prosthetic legs/maintenance to date is £26,942.14. http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/costing_request_for_harvey_parry#incoming-19232

Even after this expense Harvey still does not have a working/comfortable pair of legs from the NHS.  The cost spent by Enfield PCT would of paid for 1 pair of American legs from StepAhead Prosthetics.

Why can't the government fund us for Harvey's American Legs, they work, are very practical, he wears them all day with no discomfort.  Funding Harvey’s legs in the USA would set a president which would open the flood gates for parents dissatisfied with NHS prosthetic legs.

Harvey will receive his second pair of legs from StepAhead Prosthetics in May 2009, Thank you to all the people who have worked hard to make this happen.

We badly need your support in order to give Harvey a better life with comfortable prosthetics, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, rehabilitation aids etc.

Since Harvey has had his new prosthetics from New York his confidence and personality has blossomed, he can now wear prosthetic legs all day with no pain or discomfort.

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Harvey Parry Appeal Fund Line 0208 482 1603
Email: Harvey@harveyparry-appealfund.com