When Michelle Coles, an Advanced Critical Care Practitioners in ICU at FVRH, made a New Year’s resolution to undertake a fitness challenge in 2024, she couldn’t have known how personal it would become to her.
After signing up to the Great Scottish Run half marathon in Glasgow with two of her ICU colleagues, Dr Helen Tyler (Clinical lead for critical care) and Katie Buchanan (Staff nurse), Michelle’s teenage daughter became ill later in the year.
She was admitted to hospital suffering from urosepsis and went on to recover well thanks to the FV Acute Medical Team but with this in mind, and given her role in assessing and looking after critically ill patients suffering from sepsis, Michelle decided to raise money for Sepsis Research FEAT as part of her running challenge.
Michelle initially set a modest target of raising £100 for her chosen charity, however, thanks to the generosity of friends and colleagues, she managed to raise the incredible sum of £1200.
Michelle said: “It was a tough but enjoyable run. Having the support from each other to get to the end was invaluable and made it fun. The added goal of raising money for a very worthy cause helped with motivation.
“I have to say a special thanks to Helen and Katie for their support and well done to them for completing the run too. We all surprised ourselves with our times which were better than we might have expected, especially given none of us are ‘runners’.”
Michelle’s JustGiving page remains open for donations.
Sepsis accounts for around 50,000 deaths in the UK every year – that’s more than breast and bowel cancer combined. Not enough is understood about sepsis and the biological processes that can lead to serious illness or even death, which is why Sepsis Research FEAT is fundraising to raise awareness of sepsis and to fund research that will help design effective treatments for the condition and save lives.
