To help our family stay together in Auckland whilst Cameron has his treatment and we can bring him home
Auckland
Cameron was born on 30th of October, having found out 3 weeks earlier that he has a few issues with his heart. He had a narrow aorta, small left ventricle, an AV canal defect (hole in his heart) and malformed tricuspid and mitral valves. He had his first open heart surgery at 3 days old to repair these problems which turned into a 7.5hr operation as his valves couldn't take the pressure. After a rocky couple of weeks, they had to go back in for a second surgery to repair his mitral valve which seemed to be doing the trick until last week when we were taken aside by doctors and told to prepare for the worst. Our wee fighter decided to try and prove them wrong however and this week has come along in leaps and bounds! Whilst he's not out of the woods by a long shot, he seems to be becoming a miracle baby. Whilst all this has been happening, my employer and I have come to the mutual decision that as I can't give them a return date I have had to offer my resignation. Unfortunately as our house was part of the package, this has left us without income or a home. HeartKids have generously found a trucking company to truck our vehicle up from south Canterbury to Auckland free of charge, which means I'll be able to find some work up here for next few months.
The money will be spent on day to day expenses for my partner and daycare for our 2yr old back home so I can work. Any surplus will be donated to Ronald McDonald House Charities as without them, we couldn't have been together as a family during this.
Gratitude 16 December 2018
Thank you so much everyone, this has been such a humbling experience for all of us!!
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