I'm privileged to work as a specialist nurse with the Anticoagulation Team at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital based in Shropshire. Our team supports both adults and children with their anticoagulation dosing regimes. For warfarin patients (who can be on warfarin for life long), regular blood testing is needed, usually via a blood sample being taken from the arm and sent to the laboratory for processing. With children the use of a "coaguchek" machine can avoid the need for a blood sample out of the arm and minimise distress. Whilst providing an instant result after a finger prick test is undertaken. There are facilities at the hospital for this to be undertaken however this may involve disruption to school life, parents work, expense of travel to the hospital and general disruption to family life. Self testing machines can be used in the home environment with appropriate training, however this isn't always possible to some families due to financial restraints.

I would like to make my first half marathon Village Bakery Wrexham on 17.2.2019 a memorable one! My aim is to be able to raise enough funds to purchase and donate a "coaguchek" machine for a child in need and be able to improve the quality of life for both child and their families.   

If I’m lucky enough to receive more donations than the target it will be put to purchasing a second machine and donated. 

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