GoFundMe set up to help Kidderminster mum return home

Jackie Wright, aged 46, started training towards her dream job as a midwife in September having enrolled at Keele University. 

Just eight months later in May, the grandmother-of-six received the devastating news that she had multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer lurking in her bone marrow. 

She has also developed a secondary condition, amyloidosis, which means her body is attacking her liver and kidneys. 

She has since been undergoing a new chemotherapy treatment at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham as well as dialysis and treatment for liver disease.

Jackie Wright was diagnosed with a form of blood cancer 

Her husband Dez Wright, aged 51, said: "We have been together for almost 30 years now and married for 28 years. We have 11 wonderful children and six grandchildren. Jackie is a devoted mother and cares deeply about us all. 

"The diagnosis came as a devastating blow to us. The younger children don't fully understand why mummy can't come home from hospital yet and the older ones have taken it really hard. 

"Our whole world has been turned upside down."

Ms Wright first showed signs of fatigue and swelling in her ankles at Christmas. The family initially thought it was due to working long shifts in the hospital, but she decided to get it checked out at the GP. 

Ms Wright then went to Worcestershire Royal Hospital where she was diagnosed with cancer. 

As part of the diagnosis, she had to have biopsies taken of her kidney, but this caused internal bleeding that lasted for 10 days and she was placed in an induced coma.

After undergoing two operations to fix the problem, Jackie initially struggled to wake up from the coma, but when she came round, she was left unable to walk and now needs to be assisted out of bed. 

Jackie had been training to be a midwife (Image: Dez Wright)

The couple's children range in age from four to 28, including seven girls and four boys, with Mr Wright having to give up his garden maintenance business of 14 years to look after the family. 

Mr Wright said Jackie is responding really well to her treatment so he has set up a GoFundMe to help adapt their home for when Jackie is well enough to be discharged.  

He said: "It has been really hard but family will always come first. I absolutely adore Jackie and I would do anything for her. There is a lot of love in our family. Even friends and neighbours always say what a lovely lady she is. 

"We are now raising the money to get Jackie back home. We have already started some of the process, but the money will help to move her bedroom downstairs into the lounge and adapt the bathroom so she has a walk-in bath on the ground floor. 

"She is under a lot of physio and the staff at the hospital have been fantastic. She is doing really well but we really want to get her back home for the children and grandchildren. 

"We are so grateful for any donations we can get and the money raised so far has been incredible. The diagnosis was like a bombshell, it came out of nowhere, so it would mean everything to us to get her back home."

The family have set up a GoFundMe to help adapt their home (Image: Dez Wright)

The GoFundMe has already raised more than £5,500 towards the £10,000 target with the family thanking the community for their support. 

To donate to the fundraiser visit www.gofundme.com/f/so-jackie-has-something-to-look-forward-to