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Adrian Yeo is raising money for Bliss
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Every year 95,000 babies are born prematurely or sick in the UK. In June 2016 my son, Jamie, was one of those babies.
As many of you will recall, my wife, Amy, developed pre-eclampsia at 27 weeks of pregnancy and Jamie was born at 28 weeks and 1 day, so was three months premature. He weighed 910 grams (or 2 pounds) and spent three weeks on a ventilator in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) - as you can see from the pictures he was tiny and required significant medical support.
After 11 weeks in the University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW), where he received the best care imaginable, we took him home. He required special support at home, and spent a further three months on oxygen wherever we went.
Jamie has been very lucky, and as you can see he is now a happy little two-year old, doing what all two year olds do (making a mess and refusing to do what we tell him to do). Not all babies are as lucky as Jamie and many people we know have faced heart-break and some of the babies face life-long challenges.
These were amongst the difficult times for Amy and me (as well as Jamie). We greatly appreciated all the support we got from the medical staff, from our friends and family, and also from the Bliss volunteers at UHCW.
As many of you remember (because you generously supported me), in July 2017 I rode in the Prudential RideLondon 100 cycle ride (riding 100 miles through London and the Surrey countryside) in support of Bliss and through your generosity raised £3000. I have tried to come up with a new challenge to raise money for Bliss so that they can continue with their important work of supporting parents and medical professionals, campaigning for better neonatal care and funding life-changing research.
The challenge I’ve settled on is to ride from London to Paris, a total of 341 miles over four days in June 2019.
As those who know me well will appreciate, the closest I normally come to endurance sport is watching the England cricket team. Still with 8 months of training ahead of me (cycling not watching cricket) - I am confident of making it to Paris. Sort of ...
As many of you will recall, my wife, Amy, developed pre-eclampsia at 27 weeks of pregnancy and Jamie was born at 28 weeks and 1 day, so was three months premature. He weighed 910 grams (or 2 pounds) and spent three weeks on a ventilator in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) - as you can see from the pictures he was tiny and required significant medical support.
After 11 weeks in the University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW), where he received the best care imaginable, we took him home. He required special support at home, and spent a further three months on oxygen wherever we went.
Jamie has been very lucky, and as you can see he is now a happy little two-year old, doing what all two year olds do (making a mess and refusing to do what we tell him to do). Not all babies are as lucky as Jamie and many people we know have faced heart-break and some of the babies face life-long challenges.
These were amongst the difficult times for Amy and me (as well as Jamie). We greatly appreciated all the support we got from the medical staff, from our friends and family, and also from the Bliss volunteers at UHCW.
As many of you remember (because you generously supported me), in July 2017 I rode in the Prudential RideLondon 100 cycle ride (riding 100 miles through London and the Surrey countryside) in support of Bliss and through your generosity raised £3000. I have tried to come up with a new challenge to raise money for Bliss so that they can continue with their important work of supporting parents and medical professionals, campaigning for better neonatal care and funding life-changing research.
The challenge I’ve settled on is to ride from London to Paris, a total of 341 miles over four days in June 2019.
As those who know me well will appreciate, the closest I normally come to endurance sport is watching the England cricket team. Still with 8 months of training ahead of me (cycling not watching cricket) - I am confident of making it to Paris. Sort of ...