Medical Costs & LIFE SAVING SURGERY REQUIRED, "URGENT"
"LIFE SAVING SURGERY" only available in Germany.
Napier, Hawke's Bay
Trinity is just 19yrs old and needs URGENT lifesaving surgery. She has a connective tissue disorder that affects the collagen that runs through her body creating havoc + She has been confirmed with AVCs, Abdominal Vascular Compressions, which affects the blood flow to her organs & prevents her being able to hold food down & absorb nutrition. These Compressions are threatening her life if left untreated. Surgery is not available in N.Z.
$180,000 raised means Trinity can receive the lifesaving surgery at the Clinic Bel Etage in Düsseldorf with leading Vascular Surgeon Prof Sandmann & his Specialised team of Clinicians who have confirmed the urgency for treatment.
Trins life is one of constant pain, fatigue, nausea, blackouts, weakness, weight loss & malnutrition, all due to the inability to eat or drink without vomiting, pain & distress.
Trin is an avid equestrian, loves deeply & is loved by all that meet her. She is kind, passionate & lives for her horses. She dreams of life free of pain, the ability to eat, a life where she can dress without having to try & hide tubes hanging from her body, a life of quality.
The family have fought long & hard for 18 years within N.Z’s health system, however feel very let down as there is no longer support here, the only option is to get Trin overseas for the complex surgery required.The family is very grateful for the public’s help to raise the $180k to save Trinity's life.
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Use of funds
Initially, Costs to have diagnostic tests and medical care done Privately ( N.Z, DHB's will NOT do these) plus International travel costs to Germany, for Lifesaving Vascular Compression surgery and post Op care. If, for any reason, we don't get to Germany, then we will post a page update with further information as well as details for people to contact us should they wish for a refund or transfer. Givealittle will not be involved in any refund process.
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🚨💔 OUR ANGEL LEFT IN DANGER — HOSPITAL CANCELS LIFE-SAVING CARE 💔🚨 12 October 2025
We are beyond heartbroken — and furious. Our beautiful Angel was finally scheduled to have her feeding tube replaced this week. The referral was approved, accepted, and she even had confirmed dates for both her pre-op and procedure.
Then, without warning, everything was cancelled. No phone call. No message. No explanation. Just silence. We only discovered it ourselves — no one even had the decency to inform us.
Now, she’s being forced to live with a broken, deteriorating feeding tube that carries a constant risk of infection. This isn’t elective — it’s essential, life-sustaining care. The hospital that placed it is now refusing to replace it, abandoning her once again.
Our Angel depends on this tube to survive — for nutrition, medication absorption, and to balance her IV infusions. Leaving her like this is dangerously negligent and utterly unacceptable.
Anna is furious and exhausted. Trinity is terrified and heartbroken. We had begun to believe things were finally changing — that maybe, finally, she was being seen and valued. But once again, the system has failed her.
If the hospital won’t act, we’ll be forced to seek private care — at enormous cost — just to keep her safe.
🙏 Please keep sharing her story. Speak up. Help us hold this system accountable. No one should ever be treated this way.
💔 Thank you for continuing to stand with us in this fight for her life.
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Guest Donor , Thank you so very much for your very kind donation of support 💕. We cannot express strongly enough just how much this means to us at this point in time, THANK YOU. To follow along on Trinity's journey, please go to her Facebook Health page; "A Compressed Angel" . We would also be most grateful if you shared her page with your friends and contacts. https://www.facebook.com/share/1A7BB3TguR
Charlie , Thank you so very much for your very kind donation of support 💕. We cannot express strongly enough just how much this means to us at this point in time, THANK YOU. To follow along on Trinity's journey, please go to her Facebook Health page; "A Compressed Angel" . We would also be most grateful if you shared her page with your friends and contacts. https://www.facebook.com/share/1A7BB3TguR
Guest Donor, Thank you so very much for your very kind donation of support💕. We cannot express strongly enough just how much this means to us at this point in time, THANK YOU. To follow along on Trinity's journey, please go to her Facebook Health page; "A Compressed Angel" . We would also be most grateful if you shared her page with your friends and contacts. https://www.facebook.com/share/1A7BB3TguR
Michele, Thank you so very much for your very kind donation of support💕. We cannot express strongly enough just how much this means to us at this point in time, THANK YOU. To follow along on Trinity's journey, please go to her Facebook Health page; "A Compressed Angel" . We would also be most grateful if you shared her page with your friends and contacts. https://www.facebook.com/share/1A7BB3TguR
Rachel , Thank you so very much for your very kind donation of support 💕. We cannot express strongly enough just how much this means to us at this point in time, THANK YOU. To follow along on Trinity's journey, please go to her Facebook Health page; "A Compressed Angel" . We would also be most grateful if you shared her page with your friends and contacts. https://www.facebook.com/share/1A7BB3TguR
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