On the 30 November, day of his Dads birthday, Daniel received the crucial and much anticipated bone marrow transplant from a donor in the UK. To prepare for the procedure, he was moved into an isolation unit, where all his belongings needed to be washed at a high temperature and kept sterile to protect him during this period of lower immunity.

Today, 24 days after the operation, Daniel is finally allowed to receive guests again! Just in time for the holiday season!

We wish Daniel, Ella, Duane and Melly all the very best - and wishing Daniel a prompt return home to continue his journey to recovery amongst his family.

In the meantime, while the LZBs fundraising campaign is now officially closed (final announcement of the total amount still to come..) concluding with a staggering showing of the LZBs and GRC runners at the Escalade race in early December, we plan to continue running alongside Daniel as he makes his way to recovery, and towards our 40,000km target. You don't have to do anything other than stay in the Strava group and keep clocking those kms.

With thanks to all of you and wishing everyone a happy holiday!

Just 2 weeks to go!
With just 2 weeks to go until the iconic Escalade race, that marks the end of our fundraising campaign for leukemia, we're calling on all our runners to help us make a final push towards our target of running around the world in support of Daniel and his family!

With the remarkable efforts of the LZBs/GRC Athens crew last weekend - we are over halfway towards the target, but will keep going until the end!

We're also incredibly grateful to the good people at SAYSKY (@sayskycph) who are giving away €100 to one lucky member of the #LZBsAgainstLeukemia Strava club so please, please, continue to spread the word!

In the meantime, Daniel today moved into a sterile isolation unit where he will stay for the next 8 weeks, with very limited contact with even his closest family, (only one family member at a time) and extreme precautions needed to keep everything sterile before and after the operation (no books, and only washable toys, and clothes that can be washed at 60°). The hospital have a confirmed donor in the UK, and Daniel is scheduled to receive a bone marrow transplant at the end of this month, and will have a few weeks wait to confirm the results.

We're keeping our fingers and toes crossed - and thinking of you all.

When we think of kids with leukemia - this isn't neccessarily the first image that comes to mind! But in spite of all the treatment, and the uncertainty surrounding the date of an eventual bone marrow transplant, Daniel and his family are still able to enjoy some down time. We gotta get this little Lazyboy on to a track...
While Daniel was zooming around in a go-kart, an incredible number of LZB and GRC runners were clocking up miles today at the Geneva Airport 20km and 10km race and relay bringing us closer to our target. Congratulations to all our runners!

Remember, we still need all the kms between now and the 4 December so keep those kms rolling in...
#LZBsAgainstLeukemia

As Autumn race season draws to a close, our Lazyboys and Geneva Run Club friends are gearing up for Halloween and edging towards our THE BIG ONE! The famous Escalade race on 4 December 2021.

Meanwhile, our friend Daniel has been preparing for his bone marrow transplant which we are hopeful will happen before the end of the year, having now found a couple of potentially compatible donors.

Its not going to be an easy journey to get there though. He will need a number of tests and a full irradiation before the transplant which could have lasting effects on his growth, then a painful wait of 6 weeks to see if the transplant has been successful, and a further 2 months in a sterile room, with limited visitation rights, including from his immediate family. The chances of success are 70%.

In spite of ALL of this, Daniel remains lively and bouncy and swaggered out of the hospital on Friday in his smartest shirt. YOU ARE AMAZING. We are thinking of you all.

In other news, a reminder of how important it is to find compatible donors, please see the below call from our partners at Transfusion Suisse. Over to you boys!

APPEL AUX JEUNES HOMMES POUR LE REGISTRE!
Les hommes jusqu’à 30 ans sont des donneurs idéaux de cellules souches du sang – mais seulement 35% des personnes inscrites au registre sont des hommes.
Recherchés de toute urgence pour le registre des donneuses et donneurs : jeunes héros masculins
Il faut réunir une multitude de facteurs pour réussir une transplantation de cellules souches du sang. D’un point de vue médical, les hommes âgés de 18 à 30 ans constituent les meilleurs donneurs. En effet, ce sont leurs cellules souches du sang qui sont généralement le mieux acceptées lors d’une transplantation. Et c’est justement de tels héros dont manque notre registre de donneuses et donneurs.
https://www.sbsc.ch/registrierung/?lang=fr

10,000km!
Its been a busy week for LZBsAgainstLeukemia! And with thanks to all our new runners, we notched up nearly 2,500 this week alone (@NimaFinisher single-handedly bagging 334km in the Bern Backyard Ultra) bringing us more than a quarter of the way towards our target distance of 40,000km. THE PRESSURE IS ON!

Sign up! Sign up! Call your friends, family, co-workers - anyone who runs - and please get them to join the club. We need all the miles we can get!

Meanwhile, Dan the Man has also had a busy week, with a new catheter installed on his chest to start the next round of treatment after blood tests showed that he still has some residual cancerous cells. Hang in there Daniel. We are thinking of you and your family.
#LZBsAgainstLeukemia

#LZBsAgainstLeukemia has reached its target of 4,000CHF!
This is a testament to the generosity and support of all our runners, friends and families who have donated to and/or signed up to the campaign in just 3 weeks - thankyou!
But we're not stopping there!
We still need all the help we can get to run the remaining 35,200km needed to cover the 'round the world' distance in time for the iconic Geneva Escalade race on 4-5 December.

Please invite family and friends to join the club and log their miles to raise awareness for Marrow.ch and to show our support for Daniel and his family. If you're not a runner, sign up anyway, or log on to Marrow.ch to find out more about the important work they do, to raise awareness of blood cancer, and help those in need of a bone marrow transplant to find a match.

And if that isn't compelling enough - we'll take Daniel's gloves off, and he can convince you himself...;)

keep running! #LZBsAgainstLeukemia

As our amazing runners continue to clock up the mileage (1,300km so far!), Daniel made his first steps outside this week - the first in 13 days. He's even got his own personal signpost...(no pressure then..).

For many of our runners, this weekend we will be continuing our journey to run 'around the world' (40,000km) in time for the Escalade race in December to raise money and awareness for Marrow.ch and bone marrow cancer.

Wishing all our runners luck this weekend in their races - we'll be thinking of you Daniel!
#LZBsAgainstLeukemia #RunMate
Register your miles and check our progress at: https://www.strava.com/clubs/LZBsAgainstLeukemia.

25CHF FROM REACHING OUR FUNDRAISING TARGET!!!

With a huge thanks to all those who have donated - we will continue clocking those miles until the Escalade race - so please keep the donations and kms coming!

In the meantime, a word from our sponsor and the president of Marrow.ch, Simone:
"For every fourth patient in desperate need of a donation, no matching donor can be found. Marrow wants to change this. Marrow is always looking for new lifesavers. With every fundraised swiss franc, we ensure, that the registration remains free to everyone, who wants to be a hero and lifesaver. Every registered person means hope for patients with leukemia. If you want to know more about our events (we also organise charity runs), you can follow us on instagram (marrow_ch) or facebook (Marrow Switzerland)

Keep running! #LZBsAgainstLeukemia

As our amazing runners continue to clock up the mileage (1,300km so far!), Daniel made his first steps outside this week - the first in 13 days. He's even got his own personal signpost...(no pressure then..).

For many of our runners, this weekend we will be continuing our journey to run 'around the world' (40,000km) in time for the Escalade race in December to raise money and awareness for Marrow.ch and bone marrow cancer.

Wishing all our runners luck this weekend in their races - we'll be thinking of you Daniel!
#LZBsAgainstLeukemia #RunMate
Register your miles and check our progress at: https://www.strava.com/clubs/LZBsAgainstLeukemia.

3 days into our campaign - and we have raised nearly 3,000CHF!
THANKYOU to all those who have donated and/or signed up to Marrow.ch.
Keep those kms coming! Since Monday alone, our amazing runners have now run over 763km..thats the equivalent of London to Zurich....pass the chocolate. ;)

Thankyou to ALL of you who have ALREADY donated and to those who have signed up to register your miles on LazyboysAgainstLeukemia! Let's start logging those kms, and Daniel will be home before he knows it...Hang in there Daniel!

Don't forget also, to take a look at Marrow.ch to see whether you might be a match, and could save a life!

Lorsqu'un enfant entame son difficile périple contre le cancer ou d'autres maladies qui mettent sa vie en danger, il reçoit un collier portant son nom. Lorsqu'il subit des traitements difficiles tels que la chimiothérapie, la radiothérapie, les ponctions lombaires, les myélogrammes, les transfusions, la chirurgie etc.., il reçoit des perles spéciales en plastique ou en bois, appelées “Perles du Courage”, pour commémorer ces étapes importantes.