May 2024 Sharon Mannix Fund – Thank You!

We, the Mannix family, would like to express our thanks to everyone that donated to The Sharon Mannix Fundraiser. We would like to also express our gratitude to the Fundraising Committee Members for their personal time and dedication to this cause.

It is almost 2 years since our beloved Sharon sustained a life changing brain injury. Since Sharon was discharged from The National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dun Laoghaire, in May this year Sharon has
been living in the exceptional care of The Brampton Nursing Unit in Oranmore, Co. Galway.

We chose The Brampton because access to Rehabilitation is vital to assist Sharon’s recovery especially in the months following on from her accident and we were lucky to have such a facility in our neighbouring county. Sharon’s needs are complex and she has access to Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy, as well as other stimulation therapies such as music, water therapy, and a sensory garden as well as 24 hour nursing care.

We as a family are comforted to know Sharon is receiving the care she so needs and deserves, and the funds raised are helping greatly to pay towards the fees for her care in Brampton Nursing Unit.

Sharon will remain in the Brampton Unit for the unforeseeable future so these funds are greatly appreciated.

The fundraising committee would like to sincerely thank the various groups and individuals who helped in any way.

We also wish to acknowledge the local media for providing a platform to highlight this worthy cause.

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March 2023 "A Community United with Sharon."

Neighbours and friends of Sharon have created this page for her.

Sharon is 35 years old. She is from a small, rural area near the village of Hollymount in Co.Mayo. After finishing work on the evening of December 9th, 2021, she was returning to her car when she was tragically hit by an oncoming vehicle. Regrettably, Sharon acquired many injuries including a traumatic, life changing brain injury. She underwent emergency, life saving surgery in the Beaumont Hospital. Subsequently, she spent another 11 months in Galway University Hospital. In November 2022, she was transferred to the National Rehabilitation Centre in Dun Laoghaire where her treatment is ongoing. So far, Sharon’s recovery has been slow and her future is uncertain. She is likely to require full-time care for the unforeseeable future. Consequently, this traumatic incident has resulted in major emotional upheaval for Sharon’s family.

As many of you will know, Sharon herself, worked wholeheartedly as a physiotherapist with the HSE giving her best to those in need. She invested time and energy into all her patients, carefully considering each of their individual needs. She nurtured and cared for people and animals with an innate sense of warmth and compassion. Sharon was happiest doing the simple things in life - grocery shopping for her dad, walking her dog and riding her horse.

Sharon is receiving 24 hour nursing care. She is currently unable to mobilise independently or communicate but her family have witnessed tears of emotion on their visits. So for now, we are Sharon’s voice. We as a community want to raise funds for Sharon and her family as they face the unknown. We are reaching out to you, to ask you, to help us to help them meet the costs of supporting Sharon now and in the future.

Monies raised will assist with management of her ongoing care and vital family support through her rehabilitation. This may include housing adaptation/vehicle change for wheelchair accessibility, costs of frequent and much needed family hospital visits. The hope and aspirations are that eventually Sharon will recover to a stage where she can return home to her family, horses and pets and be given the level of care she needs.A percentage of all funds raised will be donated to Quest Brain Injury services, a community rehabilitative service for Galway, Mayo, Roscommon areas.

We wish to thank you for taking the time to read this story. We are grateful for any donation (big or small). We believe that this fundraiser will only build possibilities for Sharon through your generosity.

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