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Charlie urgently needs life saving surgery in Germany! Please help get her life back by helping to raise funds!

  • We are so grateful for everyone’s love and support 💗

      18 November 2024

    Due to many Post Op complications Charlie has been continuing to fight for the past two months in hospital. They have had to extend their stay in Germany with Charlie being in hospital much longer than planned and is still continuing to receive the treatments she needs.

    It’s a very difficult time for Charlie and her family but we are so grateful for everyone’s continuous love and support while we continue to fundraise! 💗

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  • Quiz Night Fundraiser!

      19 October 2024
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    We are hosting a quiz night on November 17th in Brooklyn as a way to boost fundraising efforts for Charlie! Proceeds from the event will go directly towards covering Charlie's medical bills and recovery.

    It's going to be a great night hosted by 1852 Pub & Kitchen. If you're in Wellington please consider getting a team together and coming along. If you're elsewhere, send the link to any Wellingtonians you know!

    Tickets are $15 per person and can be purchased via this link:

    https://events.humanitix.com/quiz-night-fundraiser-for-charlie?_gl=1*1geth10*_gcl_au*OTExMDk0NTYwLjE3Mjc3NTU2MjQ.*_ga*MzgyMjY5MTY2LjE3Mjc3NTU2MjU.*_ga_LHKW5FR9N6*MTcyNzc1NTYyNC4xLjEuMTcyNzc1NTg4NC4zOC4wLjA

    Gather your team, test your knowledge, and enjoy a night of fun and prizes while supporting an important cause. Your participation can make a massive difference in helping Charlie’s recovery. Grab your tickets now and be part of this meaningful event!

    The pub requires a minimum of 100 tickets to be sold so purchases in advance are very much appreciated. If we don't reach this target the event won't be able to go ahead.

    *Each ticket is for one person and includes a small goodie bag.

    *If you'd like to have dinner before the quiz night, we recommend booking a table at the 1852 Pub & Kitchen between 5pm and 6:30pm by calling 04 477 4057. See less

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  • Charlie has had the Surgery and is now 19 days post-operation

      13 October 2024
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    Charlie had vascular compression surgery on September 24th. The surgery was only meant to take 4-6 hours but ended up taking 11+ hours. Charlie needed two blood transfusions and Prof. Sandmann found more Vascular Compressions once the operation began. He found MALS (Median arcuate ligament syndrome) and SMAS (Superior mesenteric artery syndrome). These weren’t seen on previous scans but were quite significant. This means that Charlie unfortunately has SMAS, MALS, MTS, NCS, and PCS which are all very serious AVCS.

    After surgery she was attached to many tubes, two central lines, one of which was administering TPN (Total parenteral nutrition), a semi-permanent epidural, multiple bags, and many abdomen tubes.

    Charlie is still in significant pain after surgery and is having many complications which means they will be keeping her in hospital for longer than expected. It’s going to be a very long and difficult recovery. She had another round of CT scans which showed that her AVCs are now wrapped in Vascular Grafts/Stents and that blood is able to flow a little bit better. Charlie is still extremely symptomatic but being able to access TPN over there has been life-saving.

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  • Charlie heads off to Germany

      16 September 2024
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    Today Charlie begins her journey to Germany to have major surgery to try and reverse her vascular compressions.

    It was very sad saying goodbye to family and pets this morning as she and her mum will be overseas for 2 months. 😔

    They are extremely nervous as it’s a massive surgery which they are going into blindly not knowing how Charlie will respond/complications/recovery etc…

    They will be transiting in Hong Kong this evening and then flying to Leipzig for some pre-op scans to prepare for her surgery in Düsseldorf in a weeks time.

    We are so grateful for all the love and support from so many amazing and unbelievably kind people 🩷

    We have extended the time frame on this Give a Little page and will still be collecting donations to support Charlie and her mum Rachel on their journey.

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  • Bake Sale Fundraising and Date booked for Germany

      30 August 2024
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    Kia ora everyone,

    Charlie has a date booked for Germany and will be heading over there not far into September. We are so grateful for everything we've been able to raise so far but there's still a ways to go. We have had two successful bake sales. Extra special thanks to our supporters who have made baking for us and come along to those.

    We will be having two more in the upcoming weeks.

    We will be at Brewtown on Sunday 8th of September and Brooklyn Market on Saturday the 14th of September.

    If you are in the area, please come along and and buy some baking or spread the word to friends and family 🍰🍪🍩

    With your help we can push to raise some more funds before she heads over.

    Ngā mihi nui,

    Maria and Charlie

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  • Update on Charlie’s Health

      23 August 2024
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    After some recent scans Charlie had done in Hamilton, it has shown the severity of her Nutcracker Syndrome and she has unfortunately been diagnosed with more vascular compressions: MALS, SMAS and May Thurner Syndrome. She has been managing her central line and self administering IV fluids from home but keeps ending up in hospital with critically low electrolyte levels. Charlie and her mum are off to Germany for surgery in September.

    We are so grateful for all the donations so far and would appreciate people sharing this link around so we can get even closer to our goal.

    Ngā mihi nui 🩷

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  • We are so grateful for everyone’s love and support so far! ❤️❤️

      30 July 2024

    We wanted to say a massive thank you for every one’s kindness and generosity! We are absolutely blown away with all the love and support. It’s been really heartwarming receiving all the lovely messages.

    It’s amazing how much we've managed to raise in such a short period of time and we are beyond grateful!

    Ngā mihi nui ❤️❤️

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