A MESSAGE FROM Run Melinda Run for TEAM SUDC
This year I have an amazing opportunity to run the NYC Marathon while also raising money for in incredible cause, the SUDC foundation.
Last year I was introduced to an incredible mama, Holly, while at a function for our kiddos. She shared her son Wesley's story and how "Wesley had died suddenly and unexplainably in his sleep on December 21st, 2015. Doctors, medical examiners, investigators, genetic scientists... people have tried to figure out how and why he died. But, we have no answers.
Wesley was a happy, healthy, strong toddler with so much life left to live. But, he went to sleep 5 days before Christmas 2015 and he never woke up.
This classification of death is a mystery known as Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood, or SUDC. It is similar to SIDS, but much less common and occurs in children 12 months to 18 years old. We had never heard of SUDC before, until it took our most precious treasure from us. "
In honor of Holly, Wesley & their family, I will be running the NYC Marathon and fundraising for the SUDC Foundation. We will keep fighting until a cause and cure for SUDC is discovered. Until no family has to know the pain of kissing their perfectly healthy little boy goodnight, only to realize it was goodbye. No one should know this pain.
Every Donation matters and no amount is too small! Thank you for your consideration in donating and for honoring Wesley and SUDC Foundation.
All my love,
Melinda
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