More than 1,200 people have donated to Carrie’s fund, and the campaign has seen Carrie and Lisa sell many of their possessions and furniture.
After the target was reached on Monday, Carrie took to Facebook to thank everyone who had donated.
Carrie said: “Just woke up to this. Incredible. I will never have the words to express how thankful and grateful I am to each and every one of you for saving my life.”
Reaching the £100,000 mark means that Carrie will have both the surgery to fuse the top of her spine, which will stop it collapsing and crushing her brainstem, as well as the surgery for her lower spine.
This will fix her damaged spinal chord and improve her quality of life. Carrie’s fund stood at £55,000 two weeks before the deadline, but some large, anonymous donations helped her reach the target.
A donation of £16,500 was made on August 24, followed by donations of £5,000 and £2,000 from anonymous sources this week.
Carrie is booked in to have the high risk surgery this morning, before beginning a long recovery period.
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