Our 14 year old Daughter has *Grade 3* Brain Cancer. We need your support.
Help our baby girl in her fight & cure her brain cancer!
Auckland
The Swan Family are looking for your support. Help us cure her aggressive cancer. Please Donate & Share.
6 weeks ago our lives were turned upside down when our darling 14-year-old girl Portia Rose Swan was diagnosed with a brain tumour; a 4.5 x 2.5-centimetre growth on the left front side of her brain. This devastating diagnosis came after a series of random & admittedly terrifying seizures for the first time in her life. After a CT scan, 2 MRI scans and a couple of postponed surgery dates, Portia was finally able to have extractive brain surgery.
Although the surgery went as well as we could hope for, devastatingly, not all of the cancer could be removed. Some of it was dangerously close to the cognitive part of the brain, potentially affecting speech and movement, and was considered too risky.
We are now a few weeks post this surgery, and since then there have been more tests. Based on the latest pathology results, we now know that Portia’s tumour is grade 3 Astrocytoma. Despite all of this, Portia is a true champion; so grounded and taking it all in her stride. The Swan family know what Portia is up against and wants to give her the very best chance in the fight against this.
The next steps here are for Portia to undergo a series of Radiation & Chemotherapy treatments. We are also looking into private immunotherapy treatment, vitamin c infusions and overseas clinical trials.
Portia has a new Givealittle page here: https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/please-help-portia-swan-to-beat-brain-cancer
Della Swan's involvement (page creator)
One of unconditional love, Matthew & Penny Swan; Parents of Portia Swan & her loving sisters: Sophie, Lourdes, Della, & Samantha; we are here every step of the way.
Use of funds
Funds will be used for:
- Private immunotherapy treatment (specific treatments unknown at this stage)
- Vitamin C infusions
- Allow Penny some time off work to support her as she goes through treatment
- Overseas clinical trials & travel and accommodation (specific clinical trials unknown at this stage)
Latest update
PORTIA'S JOURNEY - NEXT PHASE 2025 :) 5 December 2024
Greetings to you all - As 2024 is coming to an end we wanted to reach out and wish you all a Happy & Safe Christmas and many blessings and good wishes to you and your wonderful families during the holiday season as we enter a New Year. Thank you ALL once again for your kind generosity and support over the last 24-months. Just an update on this page from our end. As sadly there is no immediate cure for brain cancer we have made a decision to take Portia abroad where we have identified more specialised treatments both conventional and unconventional. We now have multiple offshore oncologists and a nutritional team who are working collectively with us, we are very grateful to have pulled together a wonderful medical team. Funds are ongoing towards our ever mounting costs of private treatments. Private medical advisors and oncologists. Private scanning. Nutritional supplements and all the associated costs of the life changing journey we are on. We can't express enough how grateful we are for your continual support on what can be a very overwhelming journey to say the least but with the power of community, family and friends, we will continue to fight until the bitter end.
Latest donations
Thankyou and insane gratitude 🙏 A very humbling experience to say the least 🥹 Our vision alongside the Brain cancer centre in Melbourne is to see a world where “Brain Cancer” - is a treatable and survivable disease 🦠 Right now new treatments and trials are being discovered and we want to give ⭐️ PORTIA ⭐️ the best possible outcome of survival, above and beyond the treatment that she has already received - To make this dream come true 💭 We need your help and support 🙏 We have made a decision that to give Portia the best possible chance we are prepared to relocate to Australia where she will get access to world leading oncologists and a variety of treatments available alongside global leading practices. https://www.facebook.com/BrainCancerCentre/videos/now-is-the-time-were-building-momentum-of-the-brain-cancer-centre-weve-got-a-cri/470269442048885/ For those of you that are in a position to make a further donation your donation will be used for an array on treatments that Portia’s is yet to undergo, whilst also maintaining current treatments (3 private scans every 3 months which unfortunately come uninsured for the next two years) - Health and nutrition and breath work coaches, ice baths, saunas etc We are forever grateful for the incredible generosity you have shown towards our family and the support to fight Portia’s plight to starve her cancer cells 🙏 We can beat this with your HELP 🙌 https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/please-help-portia-swan-to-beat-brain-cancer
First & Foremost the Swan Family would like to personally thank YOU from the bottom of our hearts for your kindness, support and generosity there really are NO WORDS when one is put into this predicament other than Thankyou and insane gratitude 🙏 A very humbling experience to say the least 🥹 Our vision alongside the Brain cancer centre in Melbourne is to see a world where “Brain Cancer” - is a treatable and survivable disease 🦠 Right now new treatments and trials are being discovered and we want to give ⭐️ PORTIA ⭐️ the best possible outcome of survival, above and beyond the treatment that she has already received - To make this dream come true 💭 We need your help and support 🙏 We have made a decision that to give Portia the best possible chance we are prepared to relocate to Australia where she will get access to world leading oncologists and a variety of treatments available alongside global leading practices. https://www.facebook.com/BrainCancerCentre/videos/now-is-the-time-were-building-momentum-of-the-brain-cancer-centre-weve-got-a-cri/470269442048885/ For those of you that are in a position to make a further donation your donation will be used for an array on treatments that Portia’s is yet to undergo, whilst also maintaining current treatments (3 private scans every 3 months which unfortunately come uninsured for the next two years) - Health and nutrition and breath work coaches, ice baths, saunas etc We are forever grateful for the incredible generosity you have shown towards our family and the support to fight Portia’s plight to starve her cancer cells 🙏 We can beat this with your HELP 🙌 https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/please-help-portia-swan-to-beat-brain-cancer
Good evening The Swan Family wanted to personally thank you for your support towards Portia in 2022 - we are heading into the next phase with Portia for 2025 and this means treatment abroad I was wondering if you would be so kind as to share our new page link to anyone you think would be in a position to help. Forever grateful - Much Love always - The Swan Family x https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/please-help-portia-swan-to-beat-brain-cancer (please cut and paste this link as this page is closed) thanks again :)
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