Ryley was a happy, healthy sporty 14 year old lad, attending Bourne Grammar School, he played football for Blackstones u14 team and he also ran competitively for Nene Valley Harriers.

On Friday 20th May 2016 after returning home from playing football in the park with his friends, Ryley suffered a massive seizure. He was rushed to Peterborough hospital then transferred to Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge where they found he had a massive bleed on his brain caused by an AVM* .

Ryley underwent surgery to stem the bleeding on his brain and remove part of his skull to allow the brain to swell, he was then put into an induced coma and monitored and cared for on PICU (intensive care) at Addenbrooke's for 5 weeks.

Ryley's brain has been left with considerable damage due to a prolonged period of oxygen starvation,he now has to learn the things we take for granted all over again (eat, walk, talk to name just a few)

I will be running the Peterborough half marathon on Sunday 8th October and I am raising money for any equipment that he may need during his rehabilitation and for his future.

Ryley's family are extremely grateful for the support shown by all their friends, places of work, colleagues and local groups.

*AVM - Arteriovenous Malformation. An AVM is a tangle of abnormal and poorly formed blood vessels (arteries and veins). They have a higher rate of bleeding than normal vessels. AVMs can occur anywhere in the body. Brain AVMs are of special concern because of the damage they cause when they bleed.