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Help support Anna, Tom and their family during an extremely difficult time as Anna battles cancer

  • Hard Conversations

      10 March 2024
    Posted by: Thomas Sheridan

    Hi all. Just a quick update from us.

    Firstly, we want to say thank you all for your generosity. It's been really heartwarming getting all your messages, and koha, be it on here, or offers to help with life admin, it's all been super helpful. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

    Last week we plucked up the courage to talk to our girls about what this years news meant for us. It was easily one of the hardest conversations Anna or I have ever had 💔. Our girls are just as gutted as we are, and we are grateful for the support they are getting from their friends families, and the wider Island Bay community ❤.

    In that same week, due to the radiotherapy, Anna's hair started falling out, but Anna turned that into a positive, inclusive experience by letting our youngest, Gloria, shave what was left of it off. It was a fun afternoon 🙂.

    Anna is doing a bit better now than she was a few weeks back, but a short walk up and down our street is about her physical limit at this stage. Short visits by well wishers are appreciated, but are also quite exhausting.

    We are still unsure of what options we might have available going forward, but hope to have a conversation with Anna's oncologist Monday week to see what the best way forward is.

    Thank you all.

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  • Radiotherapy finished!

      25 February 2024
    Posted by: Thomas Sheridan

    Firstly, just want you say a massive thank you to everyone that has donated. We're extremely grateful to have so many people in our lives that love and care for us. Thank you all 🙏

    Two weeks of daily radiotherapy finished for Anna on Friday. It was a bittersweet feeling. On one hand, radiotherapy is complete 🎉, on the other hand, that's as much radiotherapy as there's gonna be. Now we have to wait to meet Anna's oncologist, and see what the plan is. Really hoping there's a treatment available that'll help 🙏.

    Cross your fingers for Anna🤞

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