Charlies Challenge. Fighting brain cancer for 4x. Now 8 years old.

My then 4yr old daughter was diagnosed with a brain tumour in December 2016 when we first opened this page. We had a traumatic time diagnosing her but finally had surgery in starship and she recovered well.

She relapsed 9 months later and had further surgery to then remove 3 smaller tumours.

She relapsed again another 2 months later with 2 tumours removed in her 3rd brain surgery .

We did radiation in may 2018 and this bought us another 12 months until our recent scans in December 2020

We wait now for her 4th brain surgery. A surgery that is about giving us time with her but not giving us a cure.

This cancer that is supposed to be mild is super rare and not found often in the brain which means that research and trials and options are limited. Chemo doesn't work with it and now we've done radiation we can't do that again. Brain cancer is notoriously horrific in its survival rates and we had hoped we might be lucky, but with this relapse, we aren't as hopeful despite our love for our daughter.

The money we seek therefore is to enjoy life. To make memories. To have the ability to love her without worrying about the $$. It won't be for mortgages or petrol but for fun or medicine. It is about quality of time with her.

Charlotte is loving and funny and awesome. And if love was enough to save her, she'd live a hundred lives. Instead I can only offer her this short one. But I can do my best to make it the most I can. Please help.

Please find our new page for Charlotte here https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/make-a-difference-for-my-daughter-who-has-brain