So as you can see I’m climbing the three peaks, BUT as so many people have already tried this then we have jazzed it up a little, and are cycling between each mountain too…we plan to do this over 5 days!

All of my friends and family and also some complete strangers have said that they would like to raise money for William which is fantastic and overwhelming at times.

Being William’s Daddy it is now my turn to challenge myself to raise some money for my son and the fantastic care that he received whilst being at Great Ormond Street for 14 months of his life. During his care he underwent quite a few operations unfortunately some of them I missed due to having to work and also look after our other son Thomas. Some of the operations I attended but when you have to wait either in the ward where he had his treatment (Eagle Ward) or in the canteen area it is both really emotional and
it felt like a lifetime for an operation that only took 1-2 hours, as all we wanted to do was be with him 24 /7.

When William died, I had arranged with my wife Claire to give her a day off so that she could attend a spa as a treat with her sisters which they had arranged for her. So I took the time of work, to attend his regular dialysis session that occurred 4 days a week. This would give her albeit a small break, but to be fair she needed it. Unfortunately William fell asleep in the taxi and didn’t wake up. I did CPR on him and the taxi driver with whom
we built a close bond, took me to the Royal Free Hospital which is kind of en route to GOSH. William was pronounced dead at 10:27am on the 4^th June 2014, which made him 14 months. As you can guess Claire did not attend the spa as she came straight to the hospital where the taxi driver met them and moved the car and also paid for the car parking ticket.

We held a celebration of life for William on the 19^th June 2014, where the church was packed with family and friends including many of the nurses that looked after and cared for William whilst in GOSH. Everyone was asked to wear purple to represent Great Ormond Street colours. Nothing prepares you for any of these moments. But I had the pleasure of carrying our little boy out of the church to the awaiting car. Now as parents this is something that you should never have to do.

Unfortunately on the 9^th February 2016, one of the mums that we grew really close to, and talked about life and death with whilst having a coffee in a strange norm for us, lost her daughter Aimi who grew tired of the big fight that she had endured for almost 3 years. So I will not only be walking up and down the three peaks and cycling between each mountain for William but also for Aimi.

I’m not doing this event alone, there will be four others, Adam Booth, Ed Canton, Tim Payne and Stephen Hickman.

This event gives me a chance to raise much needed funds that the hospital needs to help and hopefully cure some of the children that are at the hospital.

Even if you can donate £1.00 this will help, currently the Brighter Future Fund has been asked for a new dialysis machine that enables to be used on the very young, even younger than William.

Thank you

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