Millie's Miracle

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Help Millie get life-saving surgery in Germany

Otago

Millie has hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome - a genetic connective tissue disease that affects every part of her body. There is currently no cure for Ehlers Danlos and we lack proper medical treatment here in New Zealand.

As a result Millie has life-threatening vascular compression syndromes. She hasn’t slept through the night in over 3 years and weighs less than she did when she was 10. Even a sip of water causes her severe pain and nausea. Almost everything she used to enjoy doing is now impossible for her.

I can’t fathom how on earth Millie is still alive, let alone be smiling and positive. I guess illness and hardship either make or break us. In the midst of suffering and loss, she still manages to find joy and gratitude. People like her are rare and needed in our world.

I desperately want to keep my daughter alive and enable her to thrive.

For the past 5 years, I have been trying to find help. I believe our best option is to get Millie to Professor Wilhelm Sandmann in Düsseldorf, Germany. He is one of only a handful of surgeons in the world who is able to perform surgery to treat these compression syndromes.

This could be her miracle.

Previous page: https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/help-millie-fight-ehlers-danlos-syndrome-and-its

Use of funds

Surgery = $80,000

Flights and accommodation = $10,000 approx.

Additionally, she requires full-time care and will continue to need this for quite sometime as she recovers. I have been unable to work and will remain so for at least another year.

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Latest update

Gratitude   15 November 2021

Although the trip to Germany didn’t go as hoped, we remain philosophical about the whole experience. At least we tried and we now know more about the limitations of worldwide mainstream medicine for the treatment and understanding of EDS.

Thank you to those who provided support/acts of kindness in Germany; Eike Breitbarth, Donna Farhi, Carolanne Weidle, Lisa Akesson, Adam Rankin, Charlotte Stubbs, Rosann Connolly-George, Brad Black, Sinead at Yogandha.

Thank you to the wonderful support people back home; Mike & Claudine, Krissy & Graeme, Kim & Riv, Zuzana, Rosann (again)

Millie is focused on holistic healing; meditation, yoga, Qi gong, Ayurveda, sound therapy, holistic nutrition. Thank you to the generous amazing practitioners who continue to help us out of the kindness of their hearts; Donna, Charlotte, Brad.

We are so grateful to every single one of you who have helped us on this journey.

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Tanea
Tanea on 05 Feb 2022
$30
Janine Hardiman

Thank you so much Tanea. You are so kind xx

Janine Hardiman
Guest Donor
Guest Donor on 24 Jan 2022
Have courage
$50
Janine Hardiman

Millie is truly courageous- thank you so much 😊

Janine Hardiman
Guest Donor
Guest Donor on 12 Jan 2022
$20
Janine Hardiman

Thank you 🙏

Janine Hardiman
Mark
Mark on 20 Dec 2021
Keep fighting Millie and keep smiling, you will get there, and never lose hope. God bless you and your family.
$100
Janine Hardiman

Thank you so much Mark- we are truly grateful for your kindness and generosity 🙏🥰

Janine Hardiman
Shelley
Shelley on 03 Dec 2021
Love to you
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Janine Hardiman

Thank you so much 😊

Janine Hardiman

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This campaign started on 27 Aug 2021 and ended on 27 Feb 2022.