I've raised £1000 to for Jacob.. who was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2014, only 10 yrs old. I will be taking part in the London Landmarks Half Marathon

Organised by Lee Fitzgerald
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London, UK ·Children and youth

Story

On a Sunday morning back in 2014 I had a distraught message from my beautiful friend Aimee. Her little boy Jacob had been rushed into hospital with terrible headaches and a suspected brain tumour...he was 9 yrs old ! Just a few days later..on his 10th birthday he endured a 10 hour operation to retrieve a biopsy. After a week of waiting....the results were that he has an inoperable brain tumour. Since then Jacob has traveled to USA to try Proton Therapy and undergone many procedures.

At the time I had already committed myself to raise money for my friend who had an aggressive breast cancer.

I am now raising money for Jacob... who deals with so much on a daily basis. Not only will the money raised will help Jacob and his family, as they have no support system and regular scans, procedures, scares and counselling that are not only extremely emotionally draining but costly too....but to create awareness of brain tumors and symptoms particularly in children. Every day 25 people are diagnosed with a brain tumour - that's over 9,300 people every year. Brain tumours are the biggest cancer killer of the under 40's, including children. Survival rates have not improved over the last 40 years -

just 19% of people survive for 5 years or more.

If all of my friends donated just £1....it would make an amazing difference to a family living day to day with a child with an inoperable brain tumor.

Please see Jacobs story.....www.jacobsjourneyuk.com

see what an amazing little boy Jacob is....he is a little super hero !!!

About fundraiser

Lee Fitzgerald
Organiser

Donation summary

Total
£330.00