Lily Dallimore, the daughter of GTN’s advertisement manager Alan Burdon, has battled against horrific and deteriorating health problems for most of her life, and now her best friend is raising funds to help her bucket list dreams come true.

Evie Taylor-Knowles is going to do a skydive from 15,000 ft on July 25 to help Lily “make every second that she has count”.

“Lily is the kindest, bravest and happiest person I know,” said Evie. “She has battled everything and kept going for so long, always with a smile on her face, no matter what life throws at her.

 
“Lily has suffered for most of her life with a very rare condition – esonophillic panocolitis – and for the last even years, severe life threatening multi-organ Faliure. She also suffers from Epilepsy, Chronic Intestinal Pseudo Obstruction, hemeplegic migraines, GORD and Hyper-mobility and more. 

“Lily has spent many years of her life in Great Ormond street hospital. One admission even lasted a whole year. All of this has been a major contribution to her missing out on many aspects of her life. 

“Her rapidly deteriorating health has led her to create a bucket list. It will help her to achieve everything she wants too in life, within the time she has left. It will help to ensure all her hopes and dreams are completed and ensure that her last few months or years are spent doing all the things she loves and could have ever dreamt of. 

“So I’m doing this skydive to make sure that this is possible.”

For anyone wishing to contribute to Evie’s fundraising attempt for her best friend Lily then go to her Go Fund Me page by clicking here