Baxters Lochness Marathon takes place on the 25th September 2016. Team Winston will come together on this day to try and raise money and awareness of Polycystic Kidney Disease through running either 5k, 10k and we even have a Marathon Entry.

After already having our beautiful little girl, finding out we were pregnant again was a blessing we were so excited for. Everything was going well until our 20 week scan, where after finding out the amazing news we were expecting a little brother for Amelia they also noticed some problems with his kidneys. Scans regularly for the next 5 weeks was a stressful time as midwives and consultants could not tell us how serious the problem was and being told not to worry only made us worry more as they continued to have growing concerns for our sons health. At 25 weeks, we were sent to Aberdeen for a consultation to be told our little boy had Polycystic Kidney Disease and also problems had began to show in his liver. We were told at that stage our son, who we had since chosen the name Winston for, would not survive, and he was stillborn on the 31st October 2015.

Having gone through the most heartbreaking time in our lives and grieved our loss. Since then, finding out we are carriers for the disease and that our daughter will also need testing in the future. We are now ready to tell our story and raise awareness for this disease as if it hadn't been for our experience we would have never known anything about it.

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