So I've entered myself and my better half Jack into Tough Mudder London West this April 30th to raise much needed funds for Special Sisters.

This our second TM, some of you may know I ran my first in September 2015 raising over £1000 for the sisters!

For those of you who don't know Tough Mudder is some crazy 12 miles of mud, water and horrible obstacles, all of which are designed to challenge participants both mentally and physically so it's not for the faint hearted! Read more on the TM website to find out the challenges we face.

More importantly we are doing it in aid of two very special little girls, Isabelle and Siena, who are two of four sisters. Isabelle is now 10 years old and Siena has recently turned 4. They suffer from severe epilepsy and learning disabilities caused by an, as yet, undiagnosed condition

The aim is to raise funds to get the girls to a specialist clinic in America which treats children with drug resistant epilepsy. Little Siena's epilepsy is very much worse than Isabelle's and she has tried 9 different anti-epileptic drugs to date and is on a special diet for her epilepsy too, sadly this doesn't seem to be helping her. 

Isabelle is learning to walk but cannot communicate, Siena cannot even sit up and is tube fed, so debilitating is her epilepsy. With consistent therapy input both girls can make progress and improve their quality of life, but with the incessant threat of severe epilepsy we are aware their lives are in danger everyday, as it continues to be uncontrolled.

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The funds raised will go to the general funds of Tree of Hope to help other sick children if we exceed the target amount or if we do not raise enough funds, or if they cannot be used for any other reason.