Brave Blacon parents of a miracle baby need your help to raise money for a lifesaving hospital

May 24 2012 by Rachel Flint, Chester Chronicle

GIGGLING, smiling and laughing, it’s hard to imagine that toddler Dylan Edge is anything but a healthy happy child.

But without constant care and medical treatment, Dylan – who has suffered from Patau’s syndrome since he was born and regularly lapses into fits and seizures - would have died when he was born.

Now, almost three years after Dylan’s parents Claire and Stuart faced losing their newborn baby, the couple are hoping to raise thousands of pounds for Alder Hey Children’s Hospital which they say helps keep their family alive every day.

“We really want to do this walk, we have done a lot of fundraising events but this is our biggest challenge yet,” said Claire, who last walked the Sandstone Trial when she was a teenager and will now be walking it with 23 doctors, nurses and friends and family.

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Brave Blacon parents of a miracle baby need your help to raise money for a lifesaving hospital