Becci's Colour Run
Becci Freeman is raising money for Solving Kids’ Cancer UK
Story
Okkkk so here we go, anyone who knows me knows I don't nor can I run. Takes me back to a strict PE teacher named Mr Walker screaming 'come on FREEMAN' from a mile away while the fat chubby kid I was, was last in cross country, struggling to breath normally crying and caked in mud from face planting the huge muddy puddles in hideous gym knickers, in pouring rain and missing a trainer that had got stuck in the mud but I daren't go back because he would shout again. Boy would Walker get a mouthful now off me haha.
However, my darling friends decided this year they would sign me up for the colour run in Windsor with them, but being over weight again all I could think of was throwing paint at my mates in a bitter sweet revenge! Seems they have the last laugh as its an obstacle course. Deep joy!!
Then it suddenly occurred to me a page I follow on facebook, not just any page a page I check on everytime I log on to see the progress of a beautiful little girl named Ruby Young. This little girl I have never ever met yet stole my heart in an instant. Here is just a little of her story taken from her facebook page
"At her second birthday party, Ruby happily enjoyed all the excitement and atmosphere. For Rubys parents, it was a special da...y creating family memories.
Not long after Ruby’s birthday party, Vikki and Rob were aware that their daughter’s behaviour had changed. “Ruby became quiet and withdrawn” explains Vikki “Ruby started to refuse food - she was infamous for her huge appetite!”
Other vague symptoms included a wheezy chest. Once Ruby began a course of prescribed allergy medication. This seemed to help, but her appetite was not improving.
Ruby’s hardworking parents were enjoying a rare weekend away when they received a telephone call from Ruby’s anxious Grandparents. The local pharmacist had seen Ruby and thought she looked jaundiced.
“Ruby was clingy, unhappy and vomiting,” says Vikki. Ruby’s parents immediately returned home and took their daughter to the local Accident and Emergency department. By this point Ruby had stopped eating completely. She lost so much weight that a worrying growth in her stomach became visible.
Ruby was quickly transferred to St. George’s hospital where a tumour biopsy was the first planned surgical procedure for Ruby. Her blood pressure was so high that the medical team considered it too dangerous to go ahead. Only when Ruby’s blood pressure was under control did the biopsy take place - the results of which left Ruby’s parents shocked and devastated.
Their 2 year old daughter Ruby had stage 4, high risk neuroblastoma – an aggressive childhood cancer “When we found out about Ruby's diagnosis we were in complete shock, it all seemed surreal (and still does) and we were absolutely devastated. We couldn't believe this was happening to our little Ruby,” says Vikki.
As with more than half of children diagnosed with neuroblastoma, the cancer had spread throughout Ruby’s body by the time she was diagnosed, making her condition one of the most difficult kinds of childhood cancer to treat.
“Ruby had a large tumour in her abdomen going up her spine and disease in her bone marrow” says her mother, Vikkii. “The tumour was pressing on her internal organs and made her extremely poorly. Her belly was swelling up and pushing on her lungs. She could hardly breathe and needed oxygen."
Not long after Ruby’s birthday party, Vikki and Rob were aware that their daughter’s behaviour had changed. “Ruby became quiet and withdrawn” explains Vikki “Ruby started to refuse food - she was infamous for her huge appetite!”
Other vague symptoms included a wheezy chest. Once Ruby began a course of prescribed allergy medication. This seemed to help, but her appetite was not improving.
Ruby’s hardworking parents were enjoying a rare weekend away when they received a telephone call from Ruby’s anxious Grandparents. The local pharmacist had seen Ruby and thought she looked jaundiced.
“Ruby was clingy, unhappy and vomiting,” says Vikki. Ruby’s parents immediately returned home and took their daughter to the local Accident and Emergency department. By this point Ruby had stopped eating completely. She lost so much weight that a worrying growth in her stomach became visible.
Ruby was quickly transferred to St. George’s hospital where a tumour biopsy was the first planned surgical procedure for Ruby. Her blood pressure was so high that the medical team considered it too dangerous to go ahead. Only when Ruby’s blood pressure was under control did the biopsy take place - the results of which left Ruby’s parents shocked and devastated.
Their 2 year old daughter Ruby had stage 4, high risk neuroblastoma – an aggressive childhood cancer “When we found out about Ruby's diagnosis we were in complete shock, it all seemed surreal (and still does) and we were absolutely devastated. We couldn't believe this was happening to our little Ruby,” says Vikki.
As with more than half of children diagnosed with neuroblastoma, the cancer had spread throughout Ruby’s body by the time she was diagnosed, making her condition one of the most difficult kinds of childhood cancer to treat.
“Ruby had a large tumour in her abdomen going up her spine and disease in her bone marrow” says her mother, Vikkii. “The tumour was pressing on her internal organs and made her extremely poorly. Her belly was swelling up and pushing on her lungs. She could hardly breathe and needed oxygen."
And that is just the start of a terrible journey this absolute darling has been forced to take. SO my plan of action to help raise fund to help for the future treatment of little Ruby. Please take the time to like and share her facebook page www.facebook.com/HelpRubyLauraSmashCancer
And please please please sponsor my just giving page any amount no matter how little, it all helps.
Thank you gorgeous people much love now and always
xx