Lee’s Story

Lee Jamieson, Age 12

Our Son, Our World

Amazing, kind, caring, patient, footballer and go-kart racing driver – brave, fit, fun, friendly, cheeky, crazy, sociable, technical, clever, inspiring – these are just some of the words which describe Lee, but there is one word that goes beyond all ~ that word is Loved.

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Loved to the Moon and back…

But Lee finally went to sleep in Robin House Children’s Hospice on 24th August 2014.

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Since Lee was diagnosed with Leukaemia in Nov 2013, the support for our family has been incredible. During our time in Yorkhill Hospital a huge amount of money was raised in Lee’s name ~ EK Caley Thistle walked the Loch with Lee, & bought  X-Boxes & Tablets for the Schiehallion Ward & donated towards Radio Lollipop’s move to the new hospital. Righead United Reformed Church hosted a Fun Day for Yorkhill Children’s Charity & the MediCinema where Lee’s pals joined him for his 12th birthday. They called themselves Team Lee, & STV filmed the 11 year olds shaving their heads on Boxing Day 2013, so Lee wouldn’t feel any different from them. Lee’s Story went round the Internet and *Drive for Lee* was created …when Lee was too ill to make the The Scottish Car Show at Ingleston, they brought 130 Supercars to Lee at Yorkhill.

Together, they have raised thousands and we can’t thank them all enough for supporting the care teams who were looking after us.

Lee has touched and inspired all that we know and hundreds that we don’t.

John Hartson met Lee briefly at Yorkhill in Dec 2013, and has since had Lee’s Story centre page in his Foundation’s programme, and donated £50,000 to Robin House where Lee was so beautifully looked after in August.

Lee should have got better. He should have gone to high school with his pals. He was 95% in the clear. But once this rare leukaemia has broken through the medicine Lee was receiving, there isn’t anything yet that can stop it.

That’s why All our funds raised now go to the Scientist working in a lab on Lee’s case.

Professor Michelle West is funded by Bloodwise to work on the Epstein Barr virus and it’s link with Burkitts Lymphoma & other B Cell tumors. She also works closely with the team developing vaccinations against it.  We were delighted that she was guest of honour at our *Live it for Lee* Ball in November.

We would love to have your support too, and I would be delighted to meet with you to discuss how you could help us to *Live it for Lee* and help take us One Step Closer again to Beating Blood Cancers.

Please feel free to contact me, Lee’s mum, for more information.

Thank you for listening x

Best wishes,

Elizabeth-Anne Jamieson

Stephen Jamieson

Mob: 07867 317732

Leemail@liveitforlee.co.uk

JustGiving.com/LiveitforLee

Date for Diary:

8 May – *Live it for Lee* Open Day, Sky Lounge, The Bruce Hotel EK

26 May – Debenhams Beauty Night, EK

19th June – *Climb for Lee*, Ben Lomond

26th June – * Celtic -v- Rangers * Football Family Fun Day, EK Thistle FC

17th July – The Scottish Car Show with Team 26, Ingleston

22-24th July – *Live it for Lee* Convoy on Route 26, with Team 26, Glencoe-Inverness-Dundee

19 Aug – *Race for Lee*, Team Lee at ScotKart Cambuslang

26 Jun – *Live it for Lee* Family Race Night, Ballerup Hall, EK

2 Sep – ‘Penshy’ Bag Pack, (Grandma  Gran & Co!) Sainsburys Kingsgate Retail Park, EK

3 Sep – *Live it for Lee* Ball at Calderglen High School ~ (for kids from all high schools)

4 Sep – *Drive for Lee*, with Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity, The Scottish Car Show & Team26 at Bothwell Scarecrow Festival

18 Sep – *Lee’s Race*, WSKC Larkhall

21 Dec – *Live it for Lee* Christmas Carol Concert, Righead United Reformed Church, EL