Story
On November 20th & 21st, 10am – 10am
members, friends and family from Ore Fitness Community will be taking part in a
24 hour ‘athon including the Bike Erg, Ski Erg and Concept Rower for a target
of 2,000,000 meters. This is open to anyone who wishes to just come and support
or do 3 mins on a machine to help achieve the target.
Yes, we are crazy however this is all in aid of supporting
Olivias SDR Journey.
Olivia is aged 5 from Telford in Shopshire. She was born
prematurely at 28 weeks in May 2016 weighing 3lb 2oz. She was in hospital for
just over 10 weeks and had to battle various infections such as sepsis,
necrotizing enterocolitis (nec), chest infections and more.
In December 2016 Olivia had an MRI scan and was later
diagnosed with Bilateral spastic cerebral palsy.
Olivia suffers with severe muscle tightness in her lower
body and as a result is in constant pain and discomfort.
Olivia is now 5 years old and has been put forward to have
life changing surgery called Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR) which will help
reduce tightness in her legs drastically and will help her mobility in the
future.
She will also need a further 2 years of intense
physiotherapy and any further specialist equipment that will help her reach her
goal of one day walking.
Unfortunately, the surgery and Intense physiotherapy is not
funded by the NHS.