I'm on a mission to raise some funds towards purchasing Albert his own Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber to support his recovery journey.

On 8 March, I'll be doing a sponsored walk from my house in Albert Road to the Royal Albert Hall in London, a distance of roughly 12.5 miles by foot and something I'm affectionately coining Albert2Albert4Albert. Any donations of any size would mean the world.

For anyone who doesn't know Albert, he was born with a rare and complex neurological condition but has been progressing really well and had been experiencing a long period of stability at home.

On Tuesday 6 January 2026, Albert unexpectedly went into a cardiac arrest shortly after bed time. Despite the fast actions of his parents and medics, after over an hour of intense resuscitation attempts, he was officially pronounced dead at Alder Hey children's hospital. As his parents composed themselves and held him to say their goodbyes, six minutes later, his heart spontaneously restarted. An incredibly rare case of Lazarus syndrome and something most of us as parents can't begin to imagine experiencing.

The hours and days that followed were spent preparing for the worst. Given Albert's complex medical history, the impact of the additional brain damage from the extended period of no oxygen was expected to be devastating and not compatible with life. Yet as the hours passed, he somehow continued defying expectations and leaving his entire medical team at a loss to explain his recovery. Within a few days of dying, Albert was not only alive, his sedation was able to be lowered and he was taken off of his ventilator. Now a few weeks on he's showing incredible progress and has just been discharged to continue recovery at home.

Despite each miracle that has got us to this point, he has of course sustained new areas of damage to the brain that will present additional complications. The goal is to be able to purchase a home Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber (HBOT). Studies have shown significant cognitive improvements from consistent HBOT use, reducing intercranial pressure and brain swelling while boosting oxygen levels in damaged tissue, promoting the recovery of neurological function. It can help recover neural pathways which would have been severed with the brain damage. Albert has shown amazing determination and strength through his recovery and his outlook has so much more hope than first anticipated. Having access to this at home could make all of the difference for Albert long term, but it comes at a substantial cost, roughly £10k, and is not available on the NHS.

The Utton family are just incredible and they’ve gone through the most intense month imaginable (which included a house move mid-hospital stay). Whatever we can do to help Albert on this path to recovery while minimising any added financial pressure for the family at this time would be amazing.