Help fund life changing surgery for Jay

This has been difficult for us to ask, but we need your help for Jay. Jay is a 17-year-old teen living in Blenheim with their Mum (who was made redundant due to Covid) and their sister. Jay is in the process of being diagnosed with endometriosis. However, the only way to find out for sure is through laparoscopic surgery in Christchurch.

Endometriosis is when tissue similar to the lining of the uterus gets deposited and begins to grow in other areas of the body.

Jay has been bed-ridden anywhere from 2 days to 2 weeks every month for six years with severe pain. Jay experiences painful prolonged periods and bleeding, severe fatigue, nausea, vomiting, bowel issues, bladder pain, and more.

Jay is in Year 12 at high school and has missed so much school that we're not sure if they'll achieve NCEA. Jay has one more year at school, so surgery and treatment will ensure that they have a future.

We've hit a brick wall with the public health system in New Zealand. Endometriosis doesn't show up on MRI scans, but that's all that they would do for Jay.

The surgery that you will be helping to fund will see how far the endometriosis has spread and the surgeon will also operate on what they find. We suspect that it is not mild, but is deep infiltrating and possibly Stage 4. This means that Jay's organs are likely glued together, with significant scar tissue and adhesions.

Without this surgery, Jay's lifelong pain will continue to worsen, and Jay will have an increased risk of fertility issues, ovarian cancer, and breast cancer.

We need to raise these funds ASAP to go towards Jay's hospital bills in Christchurch, further tests and scans and follow-up appointments.

Your contribution means so much to Jay and Jay's family. If you're not able to donate at this time, please share this campaign.

Thank you!

To learn more about endometriosis:

https://nzendo.org.nz/endo-information/