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 The Ruth Myles unit is a 13-bed and day care centre which treats and cares for Haematology patients, and those requiring bone marrow transplantations. Tony naturally learn’t all of the nurses’ names in this unit and they were often laughing with him about the amount of food he could eat. He would often finish his hospital meal and then ask the nurses to either bring round any food left over or start heating up some pizzas in the kitchen. They all formed good relationships with him due to his high spirits and unusual optimism. When we returned to see the day care clinic, most of the nurses were in tears when we introduced ourselves as Tony’s family. He was determined to raise money for the Ruth Myles unit which looked after him so well.
Whilst sorting through some of Tony’s emails, I found this part of an email that he had sent to CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA sent just five days after he was diagnosed with Leukaemia himself. “I have recently been diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and I was wondering if there was anything I could do in order to help others in my position.” He was determined to get himself fit and raise money for the Ruth Myles unit to help others in his situation. His original idea, which some of you may have been aware of was to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. He eventually agreed with me that it would be better to do something with all of his family and friends in the UK and once I told him about a ‘three peaks challenge’, he was very keen to organise this for 2010. This is why I have now chosen with the help of Accelerace to organise this event on his behalf.
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