Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

Jason Nixon, my husband, best friend and father to our newborn baby, Joshua Nixon, died unexpectedly from an aortic dissection on 5th February 2013. It has ripped our world apart.

Aortic dissection is incredibly rare in a man of only 40 and it is possible that this may have been due to an inherited disorder. Our son will therefore now also be regularly monitored. If caught in time, tears in the aorta can be surgically repaired and a dissection prevented. Had mechanisms been in place to identify this in Jason some years ago intervention may have enabled him to live.

This fund will enable more research into this and similar areas and so we are grateful for your support.

Love Vicky & Josh