A GROUP of cyclists from Culcheth is to complete one of the most challenging one day cycle routes in the country – to raise money to send a two-year-old boy to America for life-saving treatment.
Members of the Culcheth Raj Roadsters Cycling Club will tackle Fred Whitton route in the Lake District on July 3.
The money they raise will sent toddler Theo Clennon for proton beam therapy in Oklahoma.
In March this year Theo began to experience some changes to his balance and co-ordination. Within just weeks, following a CT scan, it was found that Theo had a rare brain tumour and needed surgery.
Because the tumour was large, deep inside the skull and next to the brain stem, his family received the devastating news that it was inoperable and were told Theo only had a few weeks to live.
Thankfully, Mr Connor Mallucci a surgeon at Alder Hey was willing to operate and successfully removed 100 per cent of Theo’s stage four tumour.
Theo is now cancer free, but without further treatment his cancer will return. He is undergoing chemotherapy but due to his age, radiotherapy is not an option. He needs Proton beam therapy which is unavailable in the UK.
In Oklahoma there is equipment that can penetrate deep enough into the body to help fight any cancer cells left in his body. But the family needs to raise £160,000.
The Culcheth team will ride 112 miles, climbing 12,000 feet – more than 40 per cent of the height of Everest – and all six of the major Lakeland passes.
Anyone who wants to support the team and help Theo can do so at
https://crowdfunding.justgiving.com/fredfortheo
Picture: Theo with his cousin Antonia who was born three days apart from him.
Cycling to save brave Theo, aged two
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