My story - I am Karleigh and I am 6 and a half years old. My sister and I were born prematurely at 31 weeks after our placenta ruptured. We were taken to ICU at Leicester Royal Infirmary and were transferred to Kingsmill Children's ICU, Mansfield within a few hours. After our birth,  our Mum was quite ill so she was unable to come to the hospital with us. Our Dad spent his time with us at the hospital in Mansfield while our Mum was left alone in Leicester. We were eventually transferred, separately, back to the Leicester Royal Infirmary after a few days. Again, after a matter of days we were transferred again, together this time, to Leicester General Hospital SCBU where we stayed for 6 weeks until we were discharged to home. Since the schools have been closed I have been riding my bike every day, regardless of the weather, for miles at a time. I thought about raising money for the NHS while I am biking anyway. I am going to ride the equivalent mileage of all the journeys to the different hospitals, starting from home back to home again. After looking on Google Maps, the distance covered will be 107.6 miles. I am giving myself 12 days, however I dont think it will take me that long 😄. My parents thought it would be a good idea to donate the money towards the funding for the Childrens Hospitals rather than the general NHS as it was these departments that helped to care for me and my twin sister. I would like to raise £1000. Thank you for any donation you can give. 

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