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My story

 

Thanks for visiting my fundraising page for Queen Charlotte's Hospital Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit.

It has been 12 months since our triplet boys were born and that means it is about 16 months since I have done any serious exercise, basically from the day I found out I was having triplets!

The boys were born 2 1/2 months premature by emergency C-section and weighed in at 2lb 2oz, 2lb 11oz, and 2lb 15oz. barely more than a bag of sugar each and so tiny. They were immediately rushed to the Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Those early days were a bit of a haze as we spent most of our waking hours in the space-age environment that is NICU with the constant beeping of machines. It was a few days before we were even allowed to hold them as they were so sick and so fragile and all the wires and tubes that they were hooked up to weighed more than them. The expertise and care of the doctors and nurses was phenomenal and the support they gave us helped us get through those dark early days. They are a wonderful, compassionate and skilled team of people and their continuing support and care meant that after 7 1/2 long weeks in hospital the boys were ready to come home.

I will be forever indebted to the staff at Queen Charlotte's NICU for saving the lives of our beautiful boys, but we were the lucky ones. The unit is constantly in need of funds to ensure that they have enough incubators and equipment available to help the sickest babies. It wasn't until after the boys were born that the unit confirmed that they actually had 3 spaces to be able to take all of them. If they hadn't had the space, it might have been a different story. It is hard to believe how far the boys have come and that our noisy, boisterous and fun 1 year olds were once those tiny little people in incubators. I would like to help make sure that other parents have the same wonderful outcome we did. It seems to me that about an hour of running (I am very unfit!) is a small price to pay to be able to help others.  Ellis is also running and is supporting the other charity very close to our hearts (Bliss, the charity for premature babies).

Anything you can give would be greatly appreciated so please sponsor me now!

well done charlotte, great cause Donation by anonymous 07/09/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

Better late than never !! Well done again Charlotte - and its fantastic to see how far the boys have come. Donation by Gavin Brydon 25/07/09  

£55.00 + £15.51 Gift Aid

Well done Charlotte Donation by anonymous 23/07/09  

£70.00 + £19.74 Gift Aid

Donation by CRH Plc 22/07/09  

£200.00

Well done on a very good effort for the girls! A full 2 minutes ahead of Ellis...very impressive xx Donation by Kim Raisbeck 21/07/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

I did say that if you beat Ellis then I would double it... so.... here it is. Well done! Donation by Harry 21/07/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Sorry this is so late - congrats on the great run, I am HUGELY impressed by the whole deal!! Take care xx Donation by Finn, Kim & Dom 18/07/09  

£40.00 + £11.28 Gift Aid

Donation by Tom O'Shea 17/07/09  

£35.00

Good luck with the race Charlotte! Donation by Annette Bannister 14/07/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Do hope it went well, we're very impressed! George, Jo, Harry, Max and Lily Donation by Josephine Davies 13/07/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Hope it went well and you're not too sore!! Donation by Tony Kendall 13/07/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Best of luck on the day Charlotte! Donation by CP 10/07/09  

£50.00

Good luck Donation by Katherine 10/07/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Donation by anonymous 10/07/09  

It gets easier after the first two years . Good luck. Peter Donation by Peter Blythe 10/07/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

Good Luck - And thanks for all your help! Donation by Adrian Breakspear 10/07/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck! Donation by R 10/07/09  

£100.00

The lengths people will go to just to get an afternoon off ! Donation by Glenn Forbes 09/07/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

Donation by Craig Macfarlane 09/07/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Best of luck Charlotte - a very worthy cause! Donation by Joanna Frith 08/07/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck! Donation by Kwok Liu 07/07/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Donation by Cristin and Mark 07/07/09  

£20.00

I can't say anything - you have all the motivation in the world with the great cause and those great pictures of your boys! Donation by Harry Koppel 07/07/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous 07/07/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Charlotte. Well done for taking on this challenge. I am glad that the story with your boys was such a positive one. best wishes Donation by Murray Black 07/07/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Well done Donation by Gavin O'Dowd 07/07/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck Charlotte! Donation by Rachel Jackson 07/07/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Well done Charlotte! I'll double it if you get below 53 minutes Donation by Andrew Kluth 06/07/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Run, Forest! Donation by Badger 06/07/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Great cause - best of luck Donation by Mark Lynagh 06/07/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
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