Just after my 50th birthday, on August 17th,  I will be attempting to swim the 11 mile  length of Lake Windermere, in the Lake District,  in aid of ROSY nurses fund. 

The ROSY Nurses were fantastic and have helped and supported my friends family over the last 11 months when their son Oliver was diagnosed with Sarcoma, a soft tissue cancer on the spine. The Nurses came and supported him 3 mornings a week and this enabled them to carry on working. Oliver sadly passed away peacefully on the 21st May. 

Oliver’s Story

In August 2010 when he was 6 years old he was diagnosed with a very aggressive brain tumour and immediately underwent major surgery to remove the tumour. The operation was successful, and he received a further 6 weeks of radiotherapy followed by a further 8 months of chemotherapy. In April 2011 Oliver was given the all clear and went on and had an amazing 7 years, within this time he had been on some great holidays with his family including Italy, France and Australia and one of the best times of his life was when he went to watch Manchester United play at Old Trafford.

Then a bombshell hit us, Oliver was in Year 10 at the Warriner, just about to start his GCSE’s when he began to get back ache, nothing major just a niggle which got progressively worse over a few weeks and in June 2018 he was yet again diagnosed with Cancer. Unfortunately, there was no cure for this type of cancer, so he took  each day as it came and enjoyed life to the max.  Oliver took up photography and enjoyed taking photos of nature and the countryside, he also enjoyed poetry and writing poems about food.

I would be incredibly grateful for any support you can give me.

Thank you
Regards
Shaun