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Captain Courageous
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Hi there,
I have decided to enter the 2014 Pub 2 Pub "fun" run to raise much needed funds for the Captain Courageous Foundation.
Read more at: https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/northern-beaches/dad-tom-goode-to-run-pub-fun-run-for-best-friends-courageous-son/story-fngr8hax-1227001497906&sa=U&ei=uYnZU5qyEtCHuASm34CoBQ&ved=0CAYQFjAA&client=internal-uds-cse&usg=AFQjCNF_zktpy7EY8zfXW0nqumzzeebrmw
My best mate had a little boy a day after my youngest boy was born. Both called Angus, these boys now lead wildly different lives. At five weeks Angus became desperately ill with chronic anemia; he had two blood transfusions within 12 hours and three more within a week. After a bone marrow biopsy at eight weeks, Angus was diagnosed with Diamond Black-Fan Anemia (DBA).
Only around 800 people suffer from DBA worldwide. This rare blood condition - where the body does not produce enough red blood cells to transplant oxygen around the body - is caused by a failure within the bone marrow. DBA is mostly a sporadic disease, rather than a hereditary one; it is life threatening and there is no known cure. Treatment consists of regular blood transfusions, coupled with drugs to remove the build-up of iron in the body caused by the disease. It is a time-consuming and often painful process.
By the time he is twenty he will have had more than 250 transfusions which equates to 230 litres of blood. That is the same amount of blood contained in 50 grown men.
The aim of the Foundation is broader than fhe remit of DBA - it is to help find a cure for children who suffer a life threatening Bone Marrow Failure disease. Due to the rarity of these diseases, global research dollars are very limited. However, whilst these diseases are rare, unlocking the cause of these diseases could not only lead to a cure for these courageous children, but potentially a break through for more common blood diseases such as Leukemia, with some inroads already made on this front by researchers funded by the Foundation.
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Captain Courageous Children's Medical Research Foundation Ltd
The aim of Captain Courageous is to help find a cure for children who suffer a life threatening Bone Marrow Failure disease. These children endure so much just to survive. Constant blood testing, monthly blood transfusions, steroid usage, nightly injections due to iron overload and so much more. There is also the added risk of a bone marrow transplant. They need a chance, a donor, a miracle, a cure.
Due to the rarity of these diseases, global research dollars are very limited. However, whilst these diseases are rare, unlocking the cause of these diseases could not only lead to a cure for these courageous children, but potentially a break through for more common blood diseases such as Leukemia.
Every dollar we raise will assist in speeding up the research to accelerate the path to a cure. Your donation will make a difference.