Hello!

The gentleman in the picture is Dan Hall. He's the son of a colleague of mine. The little girl pictured with him is his daughter Maddie.

Two years ago Dan, aged just 26, was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. At the time of writing this, Dan has been through 7 rounds of chemotherapy at Royal Bournemouth Hospital and in the Summer of 2015 underwent a Bone Marrow transplant at Southampton General Hospital. Dan is now back in hospital about to undergo his 8th round of chemotherapy in order to reduce the amount of cancer cells by a considerable amount.

Dan is currently in a race against time to beat an aggressive blood cancer that has failed to respond to NHS treatment methods. Royal Bournemouth Hospital and Southampton General Hospital medical teams have tried every possible treatment available on the NHS to cure his cancer yet there are Leukaemia cells still reappearing. These treatment methods prove successful for many paitents but Dan has a relatively rare and aggressive type of leukaemia.

Now that all options for NHS treatment have been exhausted, Dr Chacko, Consultant Haematologist at RBCH, is trying to get Dan onto a trial drug called 'Sorafenib' for at least 2 months which costs in the region of £4,000 a month. The drug is usually used to treat liver and kidney cancers but recent trials have shown the tablets can also be effective in the treatment of blood cancers. Because 'Sorafenib' is still being studied for use in treating acute myeloid leukaemia, it is not available to Dan on the NHS. The drug 'Sorafenib' may be effective for Dan because his leukaemia cells have a specific abnormality that can be targeted by the drug.

To help raise funds for Dans treatment I am doing a tandem skydive on the 4th February 2017, jumping from 10,000ft (GoSkyDive, Salisbury).
If you feel you can help with a donation of any amount I would be very grateful and maybe we can help stop a little girl growing up without her Daddy. Thankyou!