Rebecca Baldock

I’m running the London Marathon 2025 in memory of my wonderful Dad x

I’ll be running this marathon in memory of my amazing dad who had suffered with COPD for several years, a few months before his passing we had seen his chest infections become more and more frequent, on May 30th 2024 he was taken into hospital with a twisted bowel where he then had to go through 2 massive operations, having also previously suffered a stroke few years back there were a lot of risks involved so serious that we were told on a several occasions to expect the worse and be prepared to say our goodbyes, the warrior he was he made it through his 2 ops which were such a high risk not only because of the type of op but due to his oxygen levels from his COPD, unfortunately 3 days following on from his 2nd operation we were told he had suffered a large stroke affecting the right side of his brain and he wasn’t able to fully be taken off oxygen and would never come around from the  anesthesia, the decision was made by the doctors to remove all his medications, 17 hours later my wonderful one in a million dad took his last breath on the 9th June x