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Mel deserves to live a normal life please help her to do this

Dunedin, Otago

Our daughter, Mel King, (28) went to Germany for life saving surgery in September last year. Unfortunately as a result of the underlying condition Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos syndrome she has developed new compressions including May Thurner and neurogenic MALS and other underlying problems.

This does not mean the Germany surgery was unsuccessful. As a result we need to get her overseas for surgery. In September we will be taking her to Spain to get these new compressions fixed.

She is down to just 39kg, can’t eat very much at all and has no energy to do anything. She is suffering from debilitating symptoms and severe malnutrition.

A former fitness instructor, she is now just a shadow of her former self. Unable to work and live a normal life. It is very expensive but we want our daughter back. Please help us get her there. Any donation would be a massive help!

See our old Givealittle page here: https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/please-help-our-daughter-to-eat-and-drink-again

Cheryl King's involvement (page creator)

Mel is our youngest of two daughters.

Use of funds

The money will be spent on surgery, flights and accomodation.

If we do not raise all the money, any money will be used to help with the cost of the surgery.

Thank you

Latest update

Surgery update 5 October 2024

Hi all, we are back from Spain. Dr Morata was amazing. Mel is now eating small amounts without pain.

Unfortunately, Mel has had ongoing severe flank pain which the Dr believes could be nerve damage from the nutcracker compression. We have been given a couple of different surgical options and we will be heading back over around March to get this fixed as her body needs time to recover and she was not well enough to undergo another surgery at the moment. It is a laparoscopic surgery so will be less stress on her body.

It is so lovely to see her looking brighter!

Spain has given her the chance to live again. Thank you to all of you for helping us to get her there. We will be forever grateful!

As a result, we will be extending our give a little closing date so we are able to cover some of the upcoming costs to pay for her upcoming surgery.

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