{"id":83536,"date":"2024-02-23T15:28:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T15:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=83536"},"modified":"2024-03-02T11:49:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T11:49:44","slug":"family-take-on-24-challenges-in-2024-to-thank-hospital-for-saving-their-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2024\/02\/23\/family-take-on-24-challenges-in-2024-to-thank-hospital-for-saving-their-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Family take on 24 challenges in 2024 to thank hospital for saving their baby\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>If Noah\u2019s Ark hadn\u2019t been there for us, Arthur might not have been with us today, says mum&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A FAMILY is taking on 24 gruelling fitness challenges in 2024, including a marathon and an Ironman swim, to raise money for life-saving equipment at the hospital that saved their baby.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Noah\u2019s Ark Children\u2019s Hospital Charity appealed for help to raise \u00a3300,000 for three transport incubators, four ventilators, and eight incubators for the neonatal intensive care unit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Samantha Williams, 29, of Heath, and her husband Matthew Williams, 33, saw the appeal they decided to take on the fitness challenges and have already raised \u00a31,310.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baby Arthur is now a healthy active one-year-old, but he had a &#8220;bumpy start to life&#8221;.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"920\" height=\"613\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Image-Baby-Noah.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Image-Baby-Noah.png 920w, 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Wales.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe was so little and had tubes coming out of him everywhere \u2013 it was such a scary time,\u201d said Mrs Williams, who works in NHS recruitment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Williams has a universal blood type, so when Mrs Williams was pregnant with Arthur, her white blood cells saw him as a foreign body and started to attack him.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When he was born, Arthur\u2019s blood had four-and-a-half times the normal range of bilirubin leaving him jaundiced.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If left untreated he was at risk of developing a type of brain damage called kernicterus which can also cause athetoid cerebral palsy and hearing loss.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He received two blood transfusions and life-saving phototherapy to reduce his bilirubin levels to a healthy level.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf they didn\u2019t have the equipment and tools, they wouldn\u2019t be able to save babies\u2019 lives which they do every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cArthur is at that age now when he looks at you and starts yapping away, no idea what he\u2019s talking about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut you wouldn\u2019t look at him and think he had that bumpy start to life, which is everything you can hope for,\u201d said Mrs Williams<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Image-Matthew-Williams-and-Samantha-Williams-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Image-Matthew-Williams-and-Samantha-Williams-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Image-Matthew-Williams-and-Samantha-Williams-300x200.jpg 300w, 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\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Matthew Williams and Samantha Williams. <\/strong>Credit: Samantha Williams&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The couple have been trying to get fit for the last eight years but found it difficult while raising children. The fundraiser has given them a &#8220;real push&#8221; to do it, said Mr Williams.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere would have been no way in hell I would have run a marathon, I thought you should only run if someone were chasing you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI went from running for two minutes to doing 5K in four weeks. If the two of us can do it, anyone can,\u201d&nbsp;said Mr Williams.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I work from home and the challenge has helped me get outside more,&#8221; said Mrs Williams.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In January, the couple ran 100K in a month by running 2.3K each day but&nbsp;they will each be completing different challenges from the list.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe did not just want to do one challenge. We thought if we are going to do it, we want to raise as much as we can,\u201d said Mrs Williams.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other challenges include:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Run 100k in a month&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>800m swim for Sam&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One hour swim in endless pool for Matt&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2,024 squats in a month&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One-mile open water swim around Nells point, Jackson\u2019s Bay.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The full Taff trail walk (50 miles) in a day.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>750m open water swim&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wales Full Marathon&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cardiff Half Marathon&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mountain Trail Half Marathon&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pen Y Fan midnight walk&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12km Endless Pool swim&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aquathlon (750m swim &amp; 5km run)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Noah\u2019s Ark Superhero Dash&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ironman Swim (3.8km Open Water)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Image-Oliver-Williams-Noah-Wiliams-and-Matthew-Williams-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Image-Oliver-Williams-Noah-Wiliams-and-Matthew-Williams-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Image-Oliver-Williams-Noah-Wiliams-and-Matthew-Williams-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Image-Oliver-Williams-Noah-Wiliams-and-Matthew-Williams-770x513.jpg 770w, 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<\/strong>Credit: Samantha Williams&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Mr Williams is a swimming instructor at Heathwood Swimming in Cardiff Bay who teaches adults new to swimming.&nbsp;He will be doing the Wales Marathon in Tenby and an Ironman swim on the same weekend in June.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnyone can do it. You just need to figure out why you are doing it and what you are doing it for.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve lived it, we\u2019ve seen what the money does, that\u2019s our motivation,\u201d said Mr Williams.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Image_-_Matthew_Williams_Arthur_Williams_Noah_Williams_Oliver_Williams_Samantha_Williams-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Image_-_Matthew_Williams_Arthur_Williams_Noah_Williams_Oliver_Williams_Samantha_Williams-1024x683.jpg 1024w, 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sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Samantha Williams, Oliver Williams, Noah Williams, Arthur Williams, Matthew Williams. <\/strong>Credit: Samantha Williams<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Community fundraising manager for the Noah\u2019s Ark Children\u2019s Hospital, Kath Fisher said: \u201cWe are so grateful to the Williams family for taking on this mammoth challenge.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt means that the unit where Arthur received his care will have more of the life-saving equipment that supported him through his initial bumpy start to life.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so lovely to see how we\u2019ll he\u2019s doing now and we would again like to say the biggest thank-you to them for the amazing amount of money they\u2019ve raised.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>To donate to the Williams family&#8217;s fundraiser <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/noahs-ark-24-for-2024-the-williams-family\">click here.<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If Noah\u2019s Ark hadn\u2019t been there for us, Arthur might not have been with us today, says mum\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1040,"featured_media":83547,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,3,6843],"tags":[235,475,8709,6939,8710],"coauthors":[8539],"class_list":["post-83536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cardiff-bay","category-news","category-people-of-cardiff","tag-fundraiser","tag-hospital","tag-incubator","tag-noahs-ark-childrens-hospital","tag-ventilator"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This 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