Richard Healy - Cycling to Brighton For Stella.....

Thanks for taking the time to visit this page.  I'm trying to raise as much money as possible to help a 2 year old girl called Stella, who is having an incredible battle with cancer.  Stella is the daughter of a school friend, John.

Stella Rogers was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer, Neuroblastoma at just 17 months old.  She has had a terrible time trying to clear the cancer, undergoing 2 types of chemotherapy, radio therapy, and a major operation to remove a large tumour from her stomach.  Unfortunately the probability of the cancer returning is extremely high.  For Stella to have the best possible chances of survival, she needs to undergo antibody treatment which is only available in the US.  This comes at the incredibly daunting cost of £250,000.  But it increases her chances of survival from 20% to 80%.

I will be doing the London to Brighton bike ride on Sunday 20th June 2010.  It's 56 miles... For those who know me well will realise that this is quite a task.. I pulled out my bike last weekend and gave it a dusting down in preperation for the ride and bought myself a set of padded pants today!!...  However this is such a worthwhile cause.

Please please please sponsor me so that we can contribute to the costs of this little girl's treatment. 

For more information about Stella's story and other events go to http://www.forstella.org/

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Thank you.

Richard