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Hi all, I’ve entered the Bath Half Marathon in March 2010 on behalf of the Salisbury district hospital Stars Appeal (http://www.starsappeal.org) and am hoping to complete the course in under 2hrs 15mins.

 

For those of you who don’t know both of our youngest children, Ethan & Blythe were born early, Ethan at 33 weeks, Blythe at 34 weeks and each spent 2 weeks in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in Salisbury. As most of you know while Ethan & Blythe were both in hospital we had to spend a lot of time travelling between home in Shaftesbury and Salisbury hospital and so the current target for the Stars Appeal means a lot to us.

The NICU unit will be moving to Wilton ward and so the Stars Appeal wants to raise £250,000 to fund the creation of a family unit for parents of premature and critically ill babies being treated by NICU.  This will involve the conversion of the current building into en-suite bedrooms, a kitchen, living area and a playroom for older brothers & sisters, all of this will allow parents to be able to spend longer and even stay overnight at the unit. There will also be a quiet room to give greater privacy at difficult times and space for parent education so staff can help them get ready to take their baby home.

 

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Many Thanks

Jon