Came on just to check out Bulls thoughts on this game with a hope you will win albeit for selfish reasons but after seeing this thread I really hope the players put in the extra affort to gain a win for Little Miss Cookie. As a parent I know this must be very trying. All the best for a full recovery.

Shoutout on SkySports!!!!

Yep, by the sounds of it the club had a word with Sky and got the shout out.

Well done club!

Hope she enjoyed the game, and all best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Well done the Bulls for doing their bit too.

You should have seen her reaction to hearing Eddie's kind words. I got a massive smile and 2 thumbs up from her. Quite an achievement given she cannot move much at the mo.

So, big thanks to the Sky team and to Stuart for arranging this.

Am pleased this lifted her spirits. How old is she??

Like you say, it wasn't much to help out out a fellow Rl and Bulls fan, I know that the club are good with this sort of thing, Stuart and the club just needed to know and they did the rest.
I'm just happy it seems to have given her a lift, tell her from me my wife and my two young girls we hope she gets better soon and back to Odsal quick



All the best mate.

She's 9

I have a nine year old daughter. Cant imagine what you are going through

Best wishes to all

I travel from Leeds for our home games and usually see a young lass, could be about 9 on the same buses as myself going to watch the Bulls with her mum. Strangely they wernt to be seen on Saturday, perhaps they got an earlier bus, but I hope it wasnt her. All the best with her recovery all the same though.

Just a little update for you on Little Miss Cookie.

She got a surprise visit today from some people you might know





I'm not sure who was more surprised - Nic when they arrived or the lads when she called each of them by name!

Big thanks to Keith, Elliott and John for doing this.

Great gesture from the club and those three lads. Bet she was delighted.

That is the most uplifting picture I have seen posted on here for a long, long time. Bet she was chuffed to bits - did not expect her to be looking so much progressed yet, and therefore wonderful to see.

Well done, again, to the club. Makes some of the hard times easier to bear when you see things like that. And well done to the players for giving the time - and probably an ideal choice of players too for the circumstances.

Aw!! All round, really lovely to see!

This has brought a massive smile to my face!!!

All the best during Little Miss Cookies recovery and well done on the boys for making her day

Would I be correct in thinking the youngster has some affiliation to the Cook Islands?

Great choice sending a Cook Island international.

If you check out Cookie's avatar, it sort of gives the game away Mike!

And, incidentally, IMO a better ambassador for the Cook Islands you'd struggle to meet.

And yes, as I said an ideal choice of players, all ways round.

A simple but wonderful gesture that brought tears to my eyes. Well done to all involved.

Brilliant, i'm sure that gave her a lift, all the best to you all for the ongoing recovery.

Good on her. Hope the little lady's feeling better soon.

Another boy was recovering from his surgery in the High Dependency Unit next to Nicole's ward. The Sister working in the HDU had been looking after Nic and she was speaking to the boy's dad and mentioned that the 3 lads were visiting Nic. The dad said that his son was a Bulls supporter and would have loved to see them. Anyway, the Sister told Mrs Cookie and she had a word with the players and they went to see the boy as well! Made 2 youngsters very happy

What a superb piccy, brightened my day

Hi Cookie, Just realised that your daughter and my grandsons classmate are one and the same. He was saying one of his friends wass very poorly. I hope that you don't mind but he has typed a short message to her below. If you could pass it on I would be most grateful.

This is from Luke Wadsworth. hi Nicole i hope you feel alright. Looking forward to seeing you at school when you get better.I hear you have seen the Bradford Bulls. I have seen the picture. Alice has been telling us how you are getting along. She said you are doing good. Get well soon from Luke.



Thanks and hope that she is improving every day.

No problem, I'll pass Luke's message on to Nic. As it happens, she was well enough to escape from the LGI and nip into school today - just for an hour and she was really tired afterwards but really enjoyed seeing everyone.

Just read through this post and it has made me realise that the club (not the muppets that run it), are much more important than words can describe to this little girl & her family after all they have been through.

LMC is the reason that I will be pledging and I hope you pass on to her that she has just inspired me to do something for our Club's survival.

My best wishes to you and your family pal

Hi All,

Thought I would let you have a little update on Little Miss Cookie's progress.

We managed to make the Huddersfield match (her first in person since we played Wigan at home). The Bulls sorted us out with a wheelchair space at the back of the Stand. She really enjoyed herself - cheered the lads, complained at the Ref and thought Huddersfield were offside at every play the ball, much the same as the rest of us

We had a little chat with Adeybull and a few others who recognised her from here and elsewhere.

Anyway, we got confirmation yesterday that she is to be treated at the ProCure Proton Therapy Centre in Oklahoma City and we are heading out 5 May for 8-12 weeks. Couldn't believe it when they said that the NHS will pay for the treatment, flights and accommodation whilst we are there (I knew I paid my tax & NI for something), we just need to pay our living expenses (estimated at between £5,000 to £7,000). Apparently, proton beam therapy is not available in the UK as yet (I believe our first unit should be up and running by 2017) and so they have to send kids over there for the treatment. Thought we might have had a bit more notice than a week before going to get things sorted out, but needs must so we are going and will sort stuff out later. Family & friends have been great and they are going to do a bit of fundraising whilst we are away to cover some of the costs (anyone fancy going to a 3-hour Zumbathon in Huddersfield on 10 June?

).

Anyway, we will be keeping a close eye on things on here as our primary source of info as we go through what is a very turbulent time for our beloved club whilst we are away. So you will have some Bulls supporters stuck in Oklahoma wanting to know every little rumour and nuance coming out over the next few weeks. Hopefully, by the time we get back we will have:
- a sugar daddy in place
- a new BoD
- kept all our players, especially the youngsters
- be comfortably sat in a playoff place
- be free of debt & have no cashflow problems

COYB