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Walking Football Spain's May Festival raised a total of 250 euros to help fund new prostheses for Marbella youngster Sarah Almagro who lost her hands and feet as a result of sepsis. The tournament, held at the sports complex in Benalmádena ... their games by 1-0. In group two, Los Diablos, featuring Sarah's uncle Enrique, came out on top.
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The sponsored walk organised jointly by Our Bar in Calahonda and Walking Football Spain in collaboration with the Somos Tu Ola association on Sunday resulted in a massive collection of 1,746.30 euros for the fund set up for Marbella girl Sarah ... Almagro who lost her limbs to sepsis. The warm weather by the beach at Our Bar in Calahonda didn't deter walkers, paying five euros each and decked out in Sarah's favourite colours of blue and orange, who set off at a steady pace and arrived as planned ... at Bar Tuah in La Cala de Mijas on time. Sarah herself was there for the countdown, inspiring the walkers as they set off on the eight-kilometre route. Most returned to Our Bar at approximately 4pm when the fun continued with bingo, a prize
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Since this interview, Marbella Fire Brigade has held its awards ceremony at La Cabane, in Los Monteros hotel, to pay tribute to different people and entities from the town, including Sarah Almagro. The Debra Piel de Mariposa association and Onda ... Cero Marbella were also among the recipients. The local council also plans to make Sarah an Honorary Citizen.
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María Bravo, handed over a symbolic cheque this week for the amount raised at a charity event in Dubai to help Sarah Almagro buy the prostheses she needs. The teenager had to have both hands and feet amputated after suffering from sepsis. Sarah ... raise funds to buy prosthetic limbs for Sarah Almagro at Our Bar in Calahonda, Mijas Costa. The event, which replaced the mini international tournment cancelled on 23 March, was enjoyed by members, spouses and friends, who ate, drank and danced the ... praised the efforts made by Sarah and her parents to change the vaccination system and improve the ortho-prosthetic equipment available to amputees. "Sarah, you are a reflection of your parents, and that is because your parents are incredible," she said.
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In nearly every conversation he brings up the promise he made to his daughter Sarah when she was in hospital, suffering the serious consequences of sepsis which affected her without warning and resulted in her losing her hands and feet. "I will do ... absolutely everything possible to make sure your life will be as the same as it was before," he told her. Ismael Almagro, Sarah's father, has stressed that this promise was not just about obtaining the money necessary to buy the best prostheses available ... anywhere. "It also means doing everything possible to make sure cases like this do not happen again, and for people to know about the dangers of sepsis," he said. Sarah's family is working hard to honour that commitment. They have contacted the health
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Sarah Almagro Vallejo's life was turned upside down last July. The 18-year-old had suffered severe abdominal pain, vomiting and fever the night of 22 July and was taken to the emergency department early the next morning with suspected ... gastroenteritis. The Costa del Sol Hospital diagnosed Sarah with sepsis, which was causing her organs to fail. She spent ten days in an induced coma. As a consequence of the sepsis, Sarah lost her hands and her feet, needs dialysis several times a week and is ... the Sociedad Andaluza de Medicina Intensiva y Unidades Coronarias. Social media has allowed Sarah's story to be shared, gaining support and educating people on this deadly disease. It has also raised funds for Sarah that, once she leaves the
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The award-winning concert pianist, Sarah Lee, is to perform two concerts on the Cost del Sol next week. The internationally-acclaimed musician from South Korea, who lives in New Zealand, is currently on a European tour and these will be the only
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Local athletes have shown that they are not only concerned about improving their results, but they support good causes as well. Organisers have now confirmed that the charity sports weekend for Sarah Almagro, which took place between 14 and 16 ... December, raised 14,000 euros for the 'Somos tu ola' association, which is helping the 18-year-old from Marbella. Both Sarah's hands and feet had to be amputated last year after she suffered from sepsis, and her family are trying to raise the money for her ... prostheses. The councillor for Sport, Javier Mérida, says the initiative was extremely successful. Around 2,000 people contributed to the cause by buying the wristbands which were on sale to raise money for Sarah. The event began during the afternoon of
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"The house is just four walls. You have to get out of it, sometimes". Sitting on the sofa at home, Sarah Almagro gives her first interview after the eight difficult months which have passed since she was admitted to hospital last July in great pain ... reluctant to vaccinate their children" Sarah Almagro's parents, Ismael and Silvia, have begun a campaign to persuade the authorities to vaccinate children against all serotypes of meningococcal bacteria identified in Spain. They also want the range of ... people said hello to me in the street , I realised they were right. In a restaurant a boy kept looking at me, and then came over and said "Are you Sarah"? He was really pleased to see me, he took a photo of us.... Are you comfortable in those