Running 42.2 for Kai
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I woke up this morning and decided to run the Sydney marathon in just 3 days time. I'm not doing this for me, but for Kai Nell , my friend Nicci's 3 year old nephew who is going through the fight of his life
Early in 2015, at just 2 years of age gorgeous Kai Nell was diagnosed with High Risk Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. He went through an increbily tough battle with 4 rounds of high dose chemo and a life saving bone marrow transplant
After spending over 6 months living in an isolation room at PMH he got to go home, he was in remission but the journey was not over, AML is a notoriously hard cancer to cure and relapse is common, and after nearly 1 year since his bone marrow transplant Kara and Richard have been given the devastating news that he has relapsed.
This means little Kai has had to undergo more intensive chemo treatment and have another bone marrow transplant, for which they are still waiting for a donor. Kai has a huge fight ahead of him.
I've been following Kai's journey daily over the past 18 months and I'm desperate to help . The treatment that Kai has to go through is heart breaking and requires at least one of his parents to be in the isolation room in hospital with Kai 24/7 for many months.
At the same time, Kai's parents are desperately trying to raise awareness of this awful disease to find a cure and work tirelessely to raise funds for reserach.
I have taken on the challenge to run the Syndey Marathon in 3 days time without putting in the hard work of training. I want this to feel hard . Running 42K really is nothing in comparison what little Kai is going through every day.
I will be fundraising for Kai's family to ease the financial pressure on them as they go through this very tough and difficult time.
Please share with your friends and donate what you can. Thank you all for your support for me and for Kai and his family .
Kathryn xxx
Early in 2015, at just 2 years of age gorgeous Kai Nell was diagnosed with High Risk Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. He went through an increbily tough battle with 4 rounds of high dose chemo and a life saving bone marrow transplant
After spending over 6 months living in an isolation room at PMH he got to go home, he was in remission but the journey was not over, AML is a notoriously hard cancer to cure and relapse is common, and after nearly 1 year since his bone marrow transplant Kara and Richard have been given the devastating news that he has relapsed.
This means little Kai has had to undergo more intensive chemo treatment and have another bone marrow transplant, for which they are still waiting for a donor. Kai has a huge fight ahead of him.
I've been following Kai's journey daily over the past 18 months and I'm desperate to help . The treatment that Kai has to go through is heart breaking and requires at least one of his parents to be in the isolation room in hospital with Kai 24/7 for many months.
At the same time, Kai's parents are desperately trying to raise awareness of this awful disease to find a cure and work tirelessely to raise funds for reserach.
I have taken on the challenge to run the Syndey Marathon in 3 days time without putting in the hard work of training. I want this to feel hard . Running 42K really is nothing in comparison what little Kai is going through every day.
I will be fundraising for Kai's family to ease the financial pressure on them as they go through this very tough and difficult time.
Please share with your friends and donate what you can. Thank you all for your support for me and for Kai and his family .
Kathryn xxx
Organizer
Kathryn Holloway
Organizer
Mosman, NSW