Estate agent Adam Hesse is raising money for a charity to thank them for helping him and his wife while their small daughter was provided with life-saving treatment.
In June, 20-month-old Indigo suffered acute kidney failure after catching a particularly virulent strain of the E-coli virus.
She was taken to hospital in Bristol – miles away from where the Hesses live – and spent two weeks in isolation at Bristol Children’s Hospital.
As the hospital only allows one parent to sleep beside a child each night, Adam and his wife Elisa were referred to nearby Ronald McDonald House – an independent charity which provides home-from-home accommodation free of charge to the families of critically ill children.
Adam, director at Aston Mead estate agents which operates across Surrey and Berkshire, said: “As you can imagine, our lives were turned upside down and we found ourselves in a strange city, hours away from home, with nowhere to stay.
“Ronald McDonald House came to our aid, with a room in a nearby house set up for parents like us in the same situation.
“To be able to wash the few clothes we had, have a decent night’s rest and a hot shower during an extremely stressful time in our lives was an absolute godsend.”
Ronald McDonald House accommodates over 800 families each year. They are always at full capacity and have long waiting lists of families desperately needing their help.
Now that Indigo is now fully recovered and back at home, Adam and Elisa have decided to raise as much money as possible for Ronald McDonald House by running the Bristol Half Marathon on September 21.
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