Help towards treatment for Alex
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As some will know I am not a keen fan on fitness, it is a case of having to rather than wanting to !!!! During lockdown I wanted to set myself a goal, so that goal is to complete the London Landmarks Half Marathon ( LLHM ) on the 01/08/21. Those who know me know I am no natural born runner, so one refers it to plodding rather than running ( this may be why the weight does not come off ). My only experience is a couple of 5K's and 1 x 10K a few years ago, so this really is a big challenge and one I intend to complete whether it be plodding or walking.
On entering I was bombarded with charities asking for me to enter on their behalf, which is fine, however with these larger charities you can never be 100% all of your hard earned fund rasing gets to where it can be used the best. Therfore I decided to enter on behalf of a private charity fund, where I know that every penny I rasie will go to the treatment and well keeping of the individual it is intended to. I have chosen Alex's Journey, a young man I have followed on Twitter for some years, Alex is a brave and extremely positive young man, always thinking of others and nature before himself, please do look him up on Twitter @alexs_journey or Facebook @alexgjourney.
Apologies for going on so long, but please a few more minutes of your time is all I ask, could I kindly ask you to read the statement below regarding Alex and donate what you can, every penny will go directly to helping Alex and his family pay for his on going treatment.
Thank you.
Alex is an extraordinary young boy: a boy who gives hope and inspires those fighting their own battles, a boy who cares more about others and the welfare of animals and nature than himself, a boy who is passionate about owls, birds of prey and conservation. A boy who is passionate about history, natural history and Archery and who loved to swim and play Rugby. A boy who is also part of the Police Family. He is also a boy that is fighting a very rare form of childhood cancer called Ewing Sarcoma.
Alexander became ill in December 2015 at just eight years of age. He began struggling with constant leg pain. He was misdiagnosed in the United Kingdom for six months until finally being told he had a rare form of cancer of the pelvis and right leg. By that time, in constant pain and deteriorating rapidly, Alex was confined to a wheelchair. Being informed in October 2016 by doctors in England that he may have just months to live and any surgery, would be so radical, that it would result in significant loss of functionality and reduce the quality of time he had left, people rallied together to try and provide the funding needed to find an answer. His father, a Police Officer in Warwickshire Police in the United Kingdom, reached out to his brothers in blue across the Atlantic and after just a few weeks the family found themselves in America’s mid-west receiving treatment from a collaboration of specialists from hospitals in two states as well as support from strangers that would become friends.
From December 2016 to August 2017 Alex received life-saving treatment in Kansas City including further chemotherapy and complex & pioneering surgery where his right femur and knee were removed and replaced by a state of the art telescopic prosthetic bone. He also received reconstructive surgery to a diseased acetabulum and specialist stereo-tactic radiation therapy to lesions on his iliac crest.
Alex returned home in September 2017 and requires intensive checks and scans as well as essential femur extensions every three months back in Kansas City. He is also undergoing brutal physiotherapy and treatment on his foot and leg as a result of the impactive surgery he has endured to get him out of his wheelchair permanently and eventually, it is hoped, not even needing the use of walking aids. He is also receiving limited psychiatry support for post-traumatic stress that has left him suffering from terrible nightmares every night. But aside from all this is he is ever optimistic, loving, kind, giving, generous, positive and full of hope for the future. Thank you for walking this path with us. Thank you for your support.
On entering I was bombarded with charities asking for me to enter on their behalf, which is fine, however with these larger charities you can never be 100% all of your hard earned fund rasing gets to where it can be used the best. Therfore I decided to enter on behalf of a private charity fund, where I know that every penny I rasie will go to the treatment and well keeping of the individual it is intended to. I have chosen Alex's Journey, a young man I have followed on Twitter for some years, Alex is a brave and extremely positive young man, always thinking of others and nature before himself, please do look him up on Twitter @alexs_journey or Facebook @alexgjourney.
Apologies for going on so long, but please a few more minutes of your time is all I ask, could I kindly ask you to read the statement below regarding Alex and donate what you can, every penny will go directly to helping Alex and his family pay for his on going treatment.
Thank you.
Alex is an extraordinary young boy: a boy who gives hope and inspires those fighting their own battles, a boy who cares more about others and the welfare of animals and nature than himself, a boy who is passionate about owls, birds of prey and conservation. A boy who is passionate about history, natural history and Archery and who loved to swim and play Rugby. A boy who is also part of the Police Family. He is also a boy that is fighting a very rare form of childhood cancer called Ewing Sarcoma.
Alexander became ill in December 2015 at just eight years of age. He began struggling with constant leg pain. He was misdiagnosed in the United Kingdom for six months until finally being told he had a rare form of cancer of the pelvis and right leg. By that time, in constant pain and deteriorating rapidly, Alex was confined to a wheelchair. Being informed in October 2016 by doctors in England that he may have just months to live and any surgery, would be so radical, that it would result in significant loss of functionality and reduce the quality of time he had left, people rallied together to try and provide the funding needed to find an answer. His father, a Police Officer in Warwickshire Police in the United Kingdom, reached out to his brothers in blue across the Atlantic and after just a few weeks the family found themselves in America’s mid-west receiving treatment from a collaboration of specialists from hospitals in two states as well as support from strangers that would become friends.
From December 2016 to August 2017 Alex received life-saving treatment in Kansas City including further chemotherapy and complex & pioneering surgery where his right femur and knee were removed and replaced by a state of the art telescopic prosthetic bone. He also received reconstructive surgery to a diseased acetabulum and specialist stereo-tactic radiation therapy to lesions on his iliac crest.
Alex returned home in September 2017 and requires intensive checks and scans as well as essential femur extensions every three months back in Kansas City. He is also undergoing brutal physiotherapy and treatment on his foot and leg as a result of the impactive surgery he has endured to get him out of his wheelchair permanently and eventually, it is hoped, not even needing the use of walking aids. He is also receiving limited psychiatry support for post-traumatic stress that has left him suffering from terrible nightmares every night. But aside from all this is he is ever optimistic, loving, kind, giving, generous, positive and full of hope for the future. Thank you for walking this path with us. Thank you for your support.
Organizer and beneficiary
Jason Upton
Organizer
England
Jeffrey Goodwin
Beneficiary