On Sunday 3rd October I will be running my 21st London Marathon dressed in my usual Dizzyfizzy outfit with helium balloons - the usual champagne balloon will be in attendance but this year I shall also be carrying a dinosaur for Rory (his favourite teddy was a dinosaur). 

In May 2019 my Godsister Amy and her husband Matt had a gorgeous baby boy called Rory.  At four & half months old they noticed he had a lazy eye and he was diagnosed with a brain tumour called Medulloblastoma, an aggressive type of high grade cancer rarely seen in children of his age.  He underwent major brain stem surgery to biopsy and do a partial resection on the tumour and then began an intensive and gruelling chemotherapy regime with the aim of fighting the remaining cancerous tissue in the brain.

Horrifically Rory's second round of chemotherapy went horribly wrong and he was admitted to PICU on Christmas day 2019.  Their little warrior spent a brave two and a half weeks fighting for his life but passed away peacefully on Saturday 11th January 2020.

Through this heartbreaking time they have been supported so brilliantly by Young Lives Vs Cancer who have help them through some of their darkest moments.  Due to Covid-19 many charities have lost a large amount of money due to loss of fundraising events such as the London Marathon, a subject of which I have spoken about on the Times Radio.  Young Lives Vs Cancer lost around £800,000 in donations from the loss of last April's marathon alone and lost 60% of all their donations through 2020 -  this is why I am running my 21st London for this wonderful charity again.

I know I ask often for sponsorship and I'm very aware times are hard at the moment in our crazy world so please please do not feel you have to sponsor me, I just feel I should always try and raise something as the smallest amounts make a difference.  So if you would like to sponsor Rory's Team it would make the world of difference to families like Amy's as the words cancer and child should never exist together!!

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