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HELP SELMA RECEIVE UNFUNDED TREATMENT TO BEAT CANCER

$19,950 donated
Given by 86 generous donors in around 7 months

This page has been set up to raise funds to assist and support in Selmas unfunded treatment for Lung Cancer.

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After being diagnosed with breast cancer five years ago and beating it, Selma has now been diagnosed with an aggressive Lung Cancer, despite never having smoked.

The day after her diagnosis she started chemotherapy but to give her the best chance possible she will also be doing Immunotherapy alongside Chemotherapy.

Immunotherapy (Atezolizumab) is not funded for this rare type of small cell lung cancer.

Those of us close to Selma have been inundated with people asking how they can tangibly help the Morcom family through this long and hard road ahead and so after much discussion Selma and Graham have agreed to let us, their friends and family start this 'givealittle' page to support them in this journey.

Selmas immunotherapy treatment is going to cost around $70k for the first year (after medical insurance contribution) and then about $20k/yr after that, plus there are the additional costs for trips to Hamilton and other healthcare facilities that they didn’t anticipate.

If you are able to donate anything at all that would be appreciated more than you will know, thank you all for your love, support and prayers this far xx

Tracey Bowen's involvement (page creator)

I met Selma over 15 years ago when we moved to the Coromandel Peninsula with our family of 6, she and her family very quickly became dear friends who really are more like family xx

Use of funds

The funds will be used on Immunotherapy (Atezolizumab) and to help cover other costs for the many trips to and from Hamilton.

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Latest update

THANK YOU xx  7 June 2024

Thank you all for your kind and generous donations and to all of you that came and farewelled our beautiful friend from this earth to her heavenly home, we will now close this page.

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Mike + Victoria
Mike + Victoria on 26 Jan 2024
Much love 🙏
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Ross & Jan
Ross & Jan on 24 Jan 2024
Sending much love & prayer 💛
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Chrissy on 19 Jan 2024
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Guest Donor on 15 Dec 2023
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Fleur & Bob
Fleur & Bob on 10 Dec 2023
Thinking of you Selma 🩷🩷 Happy to help with other fundraising efforts, keep me in the loop 🤩
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This campaign started on 6 Nov 2023 and ended on 10 Jun 2024.