A team of 6 family and friends are running the Brighton Marathon 2018 in memory of Teddy-Blue Howman.

All money raised by Rockinghorse for the Trevor Mann Baby Unit will go towards their appeal to purchase an X-ray Imaging Machine that will provide staff at the TMBU with an instant X-ray image, allowing immediate modification of lines and tubes on a premature baby. Money raised from the appeal will significantly improve the overall experience of a preterm infant, who typically requires multiple X-rays to be taken during their admission.

Over 550 babies a year are admitted to the TMBU, and it is not uncommon for a baby to require up to 30 X-rays during their stay on the unit. A new digital imaging system is available which would completely change the way in which staff at the TMBU can treat their tiny patients.

It is estimated that one in nine babies born in the UK will spend time on a neonatal unit, so many families experience what it is like to have a poorly new born baby, and the anxiety and worry this can bring. Every day, the amazing neonatal team at the TMBU hold in their hands the most precious and fragile little lives.

They do a truly amazing job and the wall of success stories as you walk in to the unit of the hundreds of babies they have saved is a testament to the amazing work they do giving hope to many families with very sick or premature babies.