Good News!! Emma is in Shanghai & Treatment is Underway
27 March 2025
Hey team, Ni Hao!
Great news to share, Emma made it to Shanghai (all thanks to you) to start Car T Therapy. She ended up needing to be on treatment pretty urgently so it all happened quite quickly in the end. The medical team there are a bunch of legends, helping her settle into her new life in China and have obviously been a huge help bedside during part 1 of the treatment process. Car T Therapy is split into 3 parts; 1. T Cell Collection, 2. T Cell Engineering and then 3. Infusion of the Engineered Cells back to Emma.
Emma was meant to come home after Part 1 and then return to Shanghai for Part 3.
Instead she needs to have some additional treatment prior to Part 3 to give her the best shot at Car T Therapy working. Which now means she will be in Shanghai the whole time, looking likely to return home to Wanaka mid- late May.
Donations and some exciting events are still happening in the background including Royalburn Station’s Fundraiser and Nat Thaipun (Master Chef Winner) pop up at Muttonbird which we are continually so grateful for! Every bit is all helping with this extra treatment cost.
Thanks for making the impossible possible and bring on the wild ride ahead,
Love Holden family on behalf of Emma and George.
