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| Solihull woman to walk 100 miles with cat for charity | |
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| Charly Allso said her rescue cat Evelyn was pushing her on to complete her challenge | Charly Allso said her rescue cat Evelyn was pushing her on to complete her challenge |
| A woman with a rare inflammatory disease is walking a total of 100 miles (161km) in February with her deaf rescue cat to raise money for charity. | A woman with a rare inflammatory disease is walking a total of 100 miles (161km) in February with her deaf rescue cat to raise money for charity. |
| Charly Allso, from Solihull, plans to carry former stray Evelyn in a backpack and also at times walk her on a lead to chalk up miles across the UK. | Charly Allso, from Solihull, plans to carry former stray Evelyn in a backpack and also at times walk her on a lead to chalk up miles across the UK. |
| She will donate funds she raises to Solihull Hospital and Vasculitis UK after spending much of her early 20s hospitalised by illness. | |
| "Yes I've got a disability, yes I've got a deaf cat but if I put my mind to something, I'm going to do it," she said. | "Yes I've got a disability, yes I've got a deaf cat but if I put my mind to something, I'm going to do it," she said. |
| Ms Allso rescued Evelyn as a stray and said taking her out on walks made her pet happy | Ms Allso rescued Evelyn as a stray and said taking her out on walks made her pet happy |
| The 28-year-old was diagnosed with Urticarial Vasculitis five years ago and later connective tissue disorder Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. | |
| "I'll come out in blisters, I'll come out in hives, my joints swell up, I get really tired," she said. | "I'll come out in blisters, I'll come out in hives, my joints swell up, I get really tired," she said. |
| "It affects my mood quite a lot as well." | "It affects my mood quite a lot as well." |
| She remembered attending a support group for others with the condition which she said was filled with "pensioners". | She remembered attending a support group for others with the condition which she said was filled with "pensioners". |
| "When I was first diagnosed I didn't know that people like me existed," she said. | "When I was first diagnosed I didn't know that people like me existed," she said. |
| "I want to spread awareness, really, for young people with disabilities. | "I want to spread awareness, really, for young people with disabilities. |
| "When you see someone with a stick or with a feeding tube you think, 'they're in hospital, they're not doing these things'." | "When you see someone with a stick or with a feeding tube you think, 'they're in hospital, they're not doing these things'." |
| Ms Allso has already completed 28 miles (45km) on routes around Solihull including a 17-mile (27km) canal walk | Ms Allso has already completed 28 miles (45km) on routes around Solihull including a 17-mile (27km) canal walk |
| She plans to take Evelyn up a mountain and on to a beach during the month-long challenge and hopes to get "as far as possible". | She plans to take Evelyn up a mountain and on to a beach during the month-long challenge and hopes to get "as far as possible". |
| "She sits on my shoulder, she goes in her backpack, she has got a stroller she uses sometimes," she said. | "She sits on my shoulder, she goes in her backpack, she has got a stroller she uses sometimes," she said. |
| "We don't get anywhere very quickly." | "We don't get anywhere very quickly." |
| Ms Allso first started taking Evelyn out on walks for the cat's wellbeing. | Ms Allso first started taking Evelyn out on walks for the cat's wellbeing. |
| "I don't let her go out by herself as she's deaf and I feel like it would be far too dangerous," she said. | "I don't let her go out by herself as she's deaf and I feel like it would be far too dangerous," she said. |
| "I get so many funny looks but I'd much rather they come up and ask me. | "I get so many funny looks but I'd much rather they come up and ask me. |
| "I get a lot of attention myself as I've got a visible feeding tube, I walk with a stick." | "I get a lot of attention myself as I've got a visible feeding tube, I walk with a stick." |
| She rescued her pet after she said she found a group of schoolchildren kicking her about "like a football". | She rescued her pet after she said she found a group of schoolchildren kicking her about "like a football". |
| After discovering she was a stray, she decided to keep her. | After discovering she was a stray, she decided to keep her. |
| "Evelyn is really pushing me on because without her I wouldn't be doing these things," she said. "I don't want her to always be that stray cat I found on Melton Avenue. | "Evelyn is really pushing me on because without her I wouldn't be doing these things," she said. "I don't want her to always be that stray cat I found on Melton Avenue. |
| "Yeah she had a really bad start [but] we're making something of it, we're doing something that she enjoys." | "Yeah she had a really bad start [but] we're making something of it, we're doing something that she enjoys." |
| Evelyn accompanies her owner on walks in a backpack, sitting on her shoulder and also walks on a lead | Evelyn accompanies her owner on walks in a backpack, sitting on her shoulder and also walks on a lead |
| With treatment at "a bit of a standstill", Ms Allso is unsure of the next steps in managing her health. | With treatment at "a bit of a standstill", Ms Allso is unsure of the next steps in managing her health. |
| However she credited her "amazing" consultant at Solihull Hospital for helping her "more times than I can remember". | However she credited her "amazing" consultant at Solihull Hospital for helping her "more times than I can remember". |
| "It's hard not knowing and it's hard not having a simple answer," she said. "Honestly, I don't know where I'd be without her. | "It's hard not knowing and it's hard not having a simple answer," she said. "Honestly, I don't know where I'd be without her. |
| "It was fate that she was there and she's not given up on me yet." | "It was fate that she was there and she's not given up on me yet." |
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