Thursday, 12 March 2009

Ex-Wales star helps Cwmbran boy in Walk for Life (From South Wales Argus)

Ex-Wales star helps Cwmbran boy in Walk for Life (From South Wales Argus)Ex-Wales star helps Cwmbran boy in Walk for Life
2:10pm Thursday 12th March 2009





A CWMBRAN boy suffering from a kidney condition will be one of many to benefit when fundraisers pull on their walking boots for the Specsavers Walk for Life.

Jack Jones, of Fairwater, Cwmbran, was diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome - a condition which causes his kidneys to leak protein into the blood - on his 12th birthday in September.

His mum, Jill Jones, said she took him to the doctors after he complained of some discomfort and his face became puffy.

Mrs Jones, 39, said: “His face had been puffy a couple of times, but I put it down to the worry of starting school and never in a million years thought it was anything to do with his kidneys.”

Jack was taken to hospital admitted to a ward and kept in for 10 days after being put on a course of steroids , which he still takes and has to stick to a no salt diet.

Mrs Jones, who has three other children, Ella, 14, Tom, six and 20-month-old Phoebe, said that at first it was difficult to cope with Jack’s condition but they were “getting their heads around it.”

Jack visits the Children’s Kidney Unit about once a month for check-ups and during one recent visit he met former Bolton Wanderers and Wales striker, Nathan Blake.

Mr Blake, who grew up in Ringland, is swapping his football boots for walking boots to take part in the Specsavers Walk For Life, raising money for the Kidney Wales Foundation.

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