Tommy Thrombo Goes to the Seaside

Here we have Tommy Thrombo pictured at Crosby Beach in Lancashire with his carer Katie. It is obvious that Tommy has already settled in well to his new environment and is making himself known. He was very excited to go on a trip to the seaside and was especially happy to see a kite for the first time. He wanted to join in but it was a bit windy and he might have got carried away (quite literally). Watch out for further updates from Tommy as he continues his travels.

Follow The Bear - The Great Eight or The Magnificent Seven plus One

We at the ITP Support Association are all excited to announce a new, fun initiative that we are setting up involving EIGHT ITP Bears. I hope that you don`t think we have gone mad but with the upcoming Summer months and ITP September Awareness, this is a fantastic opportunity to get the ITP message out far and wide. It will be great fun too so please do FOLLOW THE BEAR

The whole initiative was the idea of our great friend and Medical Advisor Dr Paula Bolton-Maggs and indeed she will be caring for one of the GREAT EIGHT Bears and sending us regular updates.

Our GREAT EIGHT Bears will be out and about raising awareness for ITP and the ITP Support Association, so do look out for them at various events around the UK and further afield too from now. Don`t forget to FOLLOW THE BEAR and do drop us a line or take a picture if you spot one of them on your travels.

So eight Bear Carers have been appointed and they will send me regular pictures of their Bears and you can FOLLOW THE BEAR here on their own special Blog

Pictures of the Bears in all sorts of situations are likely to come in as of course Bears by nature are adventurous, inquisitive types. They might be on holiday, at home, at work, at a famous place, with a famous person, at a fund raising event.

There will be 4 Gentleman Bears and 4 Lady Bears and they will be named THROMBO for the Gentlemen and CY for the Ladies (Thrombo and Cy were chosen as names as they form part of Thrombocytopenia so have that link to ITP). They will each be given a first name or nickname too by their carers.

So whatever you do during the Summer remember to FOLLOW THE BEAR  and always be BEAR AWARE ! One of the GREAT EIGHT maybe a lot closer to you than you think !