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My story

 

We did it !!!  After spending the last 10 days with bad colds we feared the worst but we got round.  The last couple of miles were tough,  we completed it in 2 hours 28 minutes and 19 seconds.  Both chips registered exactly the same time !  Thank you to everyone for supporting us and Baby Lifeline.


Thanks for taking the time to visit our JustGiving page.

As some of you may know and others may be a little surprised to hear, we are going to complete the Coventry half marathon to raise funds for Baby Lifeline's maternity appeal.

We had our twin boys 'Noah' and 'George' 17 weeks early in March 2006. The chance of survival for either of them was less than 5% and sadly George died aged 5 days old.

Noah spent 116 days in Coventry University hospital neonatal unit fighting for his life.  He had 13 blood transfusions and overcame many medical challenges including a collapsed lung, brain haemorrage, hole in the heart and laser eye surgery to save his sight.

We are so grateful to all the wonderful staff who contributed to saving Noah's life.  Today Noah is a happy healthy 3 1/2 year old with a younger sister called 'Hope'.  Everyday we feel blessed to have 2 wonderful children, and everyday we miss George, so it is in celebration of Noah and Hope and in memory of George that we are going to complete the Coventry half marathon and raise funds for Baby Lifeline's maternity appeal.

For those of you who wish to know more about the charity :

Baby Lifeline is a charity that was born from personal tragedy in 1981 and has since raised over £8 million to provide an abundance of technology for use in maternity services, as well as for specialist training for its health care professionals.

Baby Lifeline's maternity appeal aims to provide your local maternity services with identified and life saving equipment for the care of its pregnant women and their unborn and newborn babies.

As the birth rate increases in this country to approximately 670,000 a year, we still see around 8,500 babies dying around the time of birth and during the first year of life.

Please would you support us in raising money for this appeal, which will provide the equipment requested from our maternity units, ranging from small hand held heart detectors to monitor an unborn baby's heart rate, to monitors and scanners, providing the best care in pregnancy and child birth.

However small your donation may be, please be assured that every penny given will make a huge difference to the appeal and indeed to mothers and babies.

For more information visit www.babylifeline.org

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With love and thanks Colin, Claire, Noah and Hope 

What an inspiration you are to us all. It makes tears come to my eyes. You deserve the 'bestest' future. Good Luck!!!!!! Donation by Jean leadley 27/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Well done Both ! Donation by Arnaud G 26/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Well done Claire and Colin - now go and have a beer - love to all xxxxxxx Donation by Bernie and co 25/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Donation by Chris Kitchen 25/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good Luck Colin & Claire, will be thinking of you. Eric & Lynne Donation by Eric Neal 25/10/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

Best of Luck - great charity to support xxx Donation by Michelle & Mark Bloxham 23/10/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good luck & best wishes love Mum & Dad H Donation by Barry Higgerson 23/10/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Good luck to both of you. Donation by David Crews 22/10/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

All the very best to the both of you for such a good cause. Donation by Reevo, Claire, Brandon and Izzy 22/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Being an elite athlete Colin, you probably finish in about 1hr 15mins ! Donation by gary mcguirk 22/10/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good Luck Donation by Rosario Cancemi 21/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Make sure there's a good 'pub at the end of it. Donation by Sundance 21/10/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Donation by Gary Cutler 20/10/09  

Donation by Richard Hannay 19/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Colin. I Got fed up with you nagging me so here's a tenner. Good luck! Donation by Darren Marcham 16/10/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Colin & Claire Good luck to you both - keep on running! Love Andrew Lesley & Daniel Donation by Andrew Higgerson 15/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

very best of luck to you both xxxxxxx Donation by Yvonne Blackmore 15/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good Luck to you both!! Donation by Sally Walker 14/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Colin, Claire, all the very best on your run. Hope all goes well. Pete, Sue, Laura and Adam Givens. Donation by Peter Givens 14/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck you two Donation by Neil Arrand 14/10/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

Best of luck to you both Donation by Geoff Back 14/10/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Donation by Paul Johnson 14/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

good luck hope all goes well on the day i know you both trained hard for this Donation by jen andy and chelsee 13/10/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

Good Luck to you both, Emma and Gregg x x Donation by emma mckinney 12/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

We're all behind you on this one. Good luck to you both from Raj, Annie, Jamie and Kyle Donation by Raj Patel 12/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck to you both Donation by Tony & Helen 09/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

It is a pleasure to be in "TEAM HIGGY" Claire you are a great partner. Little George RIP. Donation by Colin Higgerson 09/10/09  

£24.99 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Donation by Stanley Jurczak 09/10/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Good Luck guys! Donation by Darren Riden 09/10/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

You're both very brave and I hope it ends up being *easy* for you! Good luck! Donation by Ian Large 08/10/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
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