Thomas Hardye School student Ellie Moore, 16, was described as an 'inspiration' after she came out of hospital to attend the year 11 prom at Kingston Maurward. Ellie, from Dorchester, had a kidney transplant in 2022 but has spent the last four months in Southampton Children’s Hospital after the organ began to fail. Despite her condition and thanks to the incredible support of hospital staff, Ellie was able to make it to the prom - 'and a be a normal teenager again for the evening'.
Thanks to the generosity of various people and organisations she got glammed up for her big night and realised her dream of arriving in style on a vintage tractor. She returned to hospital afterwards and as well as undergoing dialysis she has recently had surgery. Ellie (right) and her friend Liv (Image: Paul Brewer) Ellie was first diagnosed with glomerulonephritis, a type of kidney failure, in May 2021 and received a transplant a year later.
She became unwell again at the start of 2024 and doctors found her transplanted kidney was also starting to fail. Ellie became ‘so poorly’ that she was unable to do her GCSEs or attend her last day at school. According to mum Jody, ‘the only thing that she wanted was to celebrate with her friends at the prom after being stuck in the same four walls.
’ Ellie in hospital (Image: Jody Moore) Jody had to attend the prom 'in the background' as there wasn’t enough time to train school staff in case of a medical emergency. Jody said: “It was really good.