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Having helped to organise the Experian Robin Hood Marathon and always saying I would never take part myself I have been inspired to run my first half marathon in order to raise money to help a little boy I know with Cerebral Palsy go to America for an operation to help him walk. So ... I have signed up for the Experian Robin Hood Half Marathon which takes place in Nottingham on Sunday 11 September.   James O'Hagan is the son of a close friend of mine, Grace. When he was just 8 weeks old James had a heart attack and died. Although he was later resuscitated at Worthing Hospital his parents were warned he had little chance of making it through the night. Somehow he did and today is a typical 5 year old boy – cheerful, bright, inquisitive and mischievous.    James’ greatest difficulty is walking. He currently uses two sticks or a frame and can only manage very short distances. However, thanks to surgery pioneered and perfected in America James now has the chance to walk independently. If all of us involved in James’ appeal can raise £60,000 he can go to St. Louis in Missouri for an operation called Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR), a procedure that will prevent his nerves carrying the messages to his muscles which causes them to stiffen.   The surgeon in St. Louis has performed over 2,000 operations and enjoys a 100% success rate. He believes if James has the operation he has the chance to walk independently in all environments. Friends and family of James are trying to raise £60,000 to send him to St. Louis for this operation. The cost also includes James having intensive physiotherapy for 2 years after he returns home from America.   I am therefore running the Nottingham Half-Marathon on the 11th September to raise funds towards this target. I have been training since February and am hopeful I can at least jog my way around!! So, please help me help get James to America for this life-changing operation by giving whatever you can to my personal target of £2,500. Thank you.   Important note to donors: As long as James requires the funds raised to pay for treatment in the United States, Caudwell Children will manage all payments of funds for the family. Should there come a time, for whatever reason, that James no longer requires the funds raised for medical treatment and living expenses while in America then the monies raised will be used to provide similar donations to sick and disabled children living within the UK through the charity, Caudwell Children.

I Run So James Can Too

I Run So James Can Too

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