Aman’s Epic Challenge

What? When? For who?

1 in every 125 babies is born in the UK with a serious heart condition

4 days. 4 marathons, up and down Scottish mountains.

Total distance over 100 miles.

Total ascent over 8,000m.

Every 2 hours, a baby is born in the UK with a serious heart condition

3rd-6th June 2023

Tiny Tickers

Aman Bailwal (Class of 2010) is going to run 4 marathons in 4 days up and down Scottish Mountains to raise money for Tiny Tickers.

National prenatal detection rates of congenital heart conditions

1000 newborns leave hospital every year with undetected heart conditions

Earlier this year, Madi (Class of 2011) and I welcomed our baby daughter, Alina, to the world. Alina was born with a major heart defect that, undetected, can prove fatal. For the first week, Alina presented as perfectly healthy, and we would normally have been at home with no awareness of the critical danger she was in.

Supported by ion8.co.uk/pages/have-a-heart

One in every 125 babies is born with a heart problem but only around half of those are spotted during pregnancy. Unfortunately, more than 1,000 newborns still go home without anyone knowing they have a serious heart defect, which can lead to extreme complications with health – or even worse. After our experience, Madi and I decided we had to do something for other children like Alina.

I decided to do a multi-day endurance challenge to reflect the daily struggle I saw Alina go through with her breathing before her operation. And I’m no runner – before I decided to do this challenge the farthest I had run was 8km!

But thanks to Tiny Tickers, a charity improving the detection, care and treatment of babies with serious heart conditions, this was detected at the 20-week scan. The medical team had time to prepare for her birth and treatment.

Alina’s health deteriorated for the first 2 months until her pre-scheduled open heart surgery. Since then, her recovery has been amazing. She is doing great now!

Aman works at ION8 – a Dundee company, who are supporting and sponsoring the challenge in every way they can.

Please help us make that difference.

1 in every is born with National detection congenital