Thursday, October 05, 2006

The Great North Run for Little Hearts

Last Sunday (1st October) Paul, his two brothers (Mark & Simon) and our Sister in Law (Rosa) all did the Great North Run to raise money for Little Hearts Matter, the charity that supports families of children born with a single ventricle heart condition.

The sponsorship has gone fantastically well, many of you reading this have dug deep into your pockets and generously sponsored one of the Hooks' runners, and for those of you who haven't ....then shame on you ;-) The total is increasing by the day and with the pound for pound fund matching by Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland
looks to be in excess of £3500. I think you will all agree to raise this amount of money is brilliant and it will make all the difference to Little Hearts.

Tomorrow (6th) will be a year to the date that we were diagnosed with Thomas’ condition, Little Hearts has been an incredible support to us over these last 12 months and I know they will continue to support us and many others for a long time to come.

I am so incredibly proud of the Paul, Simon, Mark and Rosa. To run 13.1 miles (apparantly that 0.1 makes all the difference ;-) is such an achievement and they have shown real commitment to ensure they were physically ready for the big day. All I can say is that Thomas is such a lucky, lucky little boy to have a family like ours.

In other news....We have an appointment tomorrow with Thomas' surgeon at Birmingham Childrens Hospital to discuss his next surgery so I'll update after then.

Mark, Rosa and Simon Hooks, Our little rascal & Daddy Hooks

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