Rays of Sunshine's 2000th Wish - Amy becomes an author!
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Uploaded by raysofsunshinecc on Sep 16, 2011
Amy from Bexhill-on-Sea became our 2000th wish child on Monday when she realised her dream to publish her own Hospital Fairy book - Mimi the X-Ray Fairy.
The talented 8 year old, became acutely and suddenly ill in March this year and after extensive tests was diagnosed with the viral infection Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitiis (ADEM). Amy was treated at The Evelina Children's Hospital in Westminster where she deteriorated very quickly. Her journey back to normal life was a long hard struggle, but she is now back at home in East Sussex and doing well. Amy loves creative reading and writing and her favourite books are the Rainbow Fairies books published by Hachette.
During her time in hospital, writing became Amy's therapy and her greatest wish was to write a hospital fairy version of the books to hand out to the other children at The Evelina.
Rays of Sunshine contacted Hachette Books who enthusiastically agreed to help turn Amy's wish into a reality. Amy worked with the author and designers of the Rainbow Fairies series, who made sure she kept full creative control.
On Sunday September 11th Amy, her brother Jack, mum and nana arrived in London and spent a night at The Millennium Mayfair. The following morning a limousine drove them to the offices of Hachette in Euston where they were welcomed by The Rainbow Fairy team. The family were given a tour of the offices and introduced to all the members of the team including the writers and illustrators. They were then taken into the boardroom for a colourful breakfast, which included a glorious rainbow cake. The budding author was open mouthed as she was presented with her very own book. Amy and her brother were treated to lots of other goodies including original Rainbow Fairy illustrations and boxed sets of other Rainbow Fairy books.
The limousine then took the family onto lunch at the Rainforest Cafe before Amy's last stop, The Evelina Children's Hospital where she visited the children on the wards and handed out copies of her book.
After the wish Amy's mum said: "Thank you for the most fantastic day, Amy still has a huge grin on her face and can't wait to get to school to tell everyone about it".
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