Bright Engineering for Lucy's Mission to Michigan

Bright Engineering is raising funds to support Lucy's Mission to Michigan! We will be running at Blackpool Running Festival on 27/28 April 2019. 

Lucy Wright was 8 years old when she was diagnosed with Stage 4 high risk neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer that usually forms in certain types of nerve tissue. Lucy was diagnosed after being referred to hospital following several weeks of complaining of pain and losing weight. The diagnosis was devastating for the family.

Neuroblastoma is an aggressive form of cancer and has the second highest mortality rate in children second only to leukaemia. Despite the gruelling treatment regime, the statistics show that 50% / 60% of neuroblastoma children risk relapsing within 2 years of achieving remission. Sadly, there is currently no cure for relapse neuroblastoma and the survival rate for relapsed patients is as low as 1 in 10 children.

Across the pond in the USA, advances in paediatric oncology show that a 2-year treatment on a drug known as DFMO is showing positive results and keeping children in remission, raising the 60 % remission rate to a staggering 84%. Whilst still in its trial stages, the results speak for themselves.  

To give Lucy the best possible opportunity for the future she deserves, her parents, Carrie and Richard plan to enrol Lucy on the study at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in Michigan. Once Lucy finishes her treatment in the UK and has achieved remission, the family have been told that the hospital will be willing to accept Lucy onto their trial. This is fantastically positive news for the family and gives them hope for Lucy’s future but comes at a cost. The family need to raise £60,000.

The Bright Engineering team are looking forward to training for Blackpool. We'll share pictures of our journey along the way. We hope you will support us in raising funds for Lucy's treatment. Let's get going!!