An Amesbury mum has shared her Christmas wish for her 4-year-old daughter to breathe with less oxygen support in a special Christmas campaign for Julia’s House children’s hospice.

Isabella Chan was just six months old when doctors discovered she had a rare condition that causes chronic lung disease, and Julia's House has helped her mum Erica ever since.

Julia's House, supported by the Swindon Advertiser, needs to raise £1.5million every year to fund its hospice and community-based service across Wiltshire, and without continued support, the charity’s vital care would not be possible.

This Christmas season, Julia’s House will continue to be there for families like Erica’s, helping them to make every moment count.

Erica said: “Isabella spent her first Christmas in hospital. For the whole of her first year, she was moved to and from Southampton and Salisbury hospitals while they did tests."

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Isabella is now able to live at home with her mum but she needs round-the-clock care for her complex condition and she’s always connected to an oxygen tank to help her breathe.

The oxygen cylinders that Isabella needs are so heavy that Erica can’t carry around more than one at a time. This means Isabella has never been able to visit a Santa’s Grotto in case the oxygen doesn't last long enough.

Erica added: “My Christmas wish would be that we can reduce Isabella’s oxygen soon.

“She is on the maximum she can be on at home. It means if she became ill, or if her breathing worsened, she would have to be admitted to the hospital and there may not be a lot more they can do for Isabella.

“The only break I ever get is from Julia’s House – they are always there if I need them. And when Isabella is with her Julia’s House nurses and carers, I don’t have to worry about what will happen if she unplugs herself by accident or when she needs to be tube fed.

"They can take her to parks and weave her through climbing frames so that she doesn’t get her oxygen tube tangled. She may have lung disease but I still want her to go out and have fun.”

Nurse associate Harriet Baulu regularly visits the family. She said: “We can’t give our families the Christmas wish they really want – for their seriously ill child to get better – but we can help them to make memories they can treasure for the years to come. Every child and family should have the opportunity to enjoy a magical Christmas."