Buying a chance

There are a couple of standout things in James Reid's life – apart from a committed and loving Mum and Dad and an adoring wee sister called Lily.

Mention a Happy Meal of pancakes and hashbrowns and this five year old slips into ecstacy.


Video by Tracy Hardy and Hunter Wells.

Watch the waves wash over his feet in the surf at Papamoa and he shrieks with delight.

They are small pleasures for a small boy who has some major issues to contend with in his life. He's an adorable, spiky haired cheeky little monkey that any mother would love.

But life has dealt James Reid not one, but three cruel blows. He has spastic quadriplegia, hydrocephalus and epilepsy.

All as nasty as they sound. Those conditions have seriously impacted on this youngster's life. However, money can buy this little guy some improvements to his life.

His parent's don't have great expectations, they just have hope. James needs $150,000 for a self-funded operation in the United States.

It may just give him a chance. But the family's only got $60,000 so far.

They're hoping that a 50km Team James sponsored walk from Papamoa, around the Mount and home might boost the funds. Anything would help them.

Click here to follow their Facebook page and here to his Givealittle page: https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/teamjames

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