The dedicated dad of a baby boy who required lifesaving treatment 98 miles away from home is getting ready to take on the challenging Total Warrior obstacle course next month to raise money for The Sick Children’s Trust.

David James, 32, from Whitehaven, is on a fundraising mission to thank the charity for giving him free ‘Home from Home’ accommodation just minutes from his baby Archie’s hospital bedside when he was rushed to the Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) in Newcastle upon Tyne.

When Archie was born he wasn’t breathing and was immediately resuscitated. And although doctors were able to stabilise him, just two hours later he started having seizures. The newborn baby was rushed from West Cumberland Hospital to Newcastle’s RVI – miles away from his family home. On arrival at the specialist paediatric hospital, Archie underwent several tests before having an MRI scan two days later which revealed that he’d had a stroke. Whilst he was being treated on the special care baby unit (SCBU), David was given a room at The Sick Children’s Trust’s ‘Home from Home’ Crawford House, located just minutes from Archie’s incubator.

To read more about David’s fundraising mission, please visit his fundraising page at: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/david-james69

For further information about The Sick Children’s Trust, please visit http://www.sickchildrenstrust.org/