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I am part of team 'Olivia Louise' who are participating in this mad muddy 10km obstacle course to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital.  My friend Sue and her husband Nick have set up the team to raise money and say thank you to Great Ormond Street for enabling them to have 17months with their daughter Olivia. Below is a summary of why she feels Great Ormond Street are so special and Olivia's story.

'We are indebted to so many charities that helped us, during a very traumatic & emotional time, while we had our little girl, Olivia.  She was a very special, brave & inspirational girl, who had a smile for everyone, despite living a lot of her 17 month life in a hospital.  She underwent 6 heart operations, 4 of which were open heart surgery, a gastrostomy & nissen's fundoplication.

The first charity which we want to raise precious funds for is Great Ormond Street Hospital  (specifically for the new Heart & Lung Centre).  A truly amazing place where they really are working 'on the edge' & performing pioneering surgery.  We met some incredible people (both parents and staff) & I really don't know if I could work in such a high pressured environment where every day decisions could be the difference between life and death.  The nurses in CICU (Cardiac Intensive Care Unit) were professional, compassionate & meticulous in their care for Olivia.

The main reason I am doing this Xrunner, muddy assault course challenge on Sunday 8th Sept 2013 is to say a massive THANKYOU for giving us 17 months with Olivia.  I am sure that if GOSH were not involved in Olivia's life, then we might well have lost her after just 6 weeks.' Sue Barrand

I'm sure most of you know that I am not the fittest of people and that I hate running ! So please sponsor me (anything helps) and help this special family say thanks to GOSHCC.

If you would like to read more about Olivia's story please click on our team page and go to Sue and Nick's page.

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