Please help Pete Saunders who has Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
Helping Pete Saunders who has Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
Wellington
At the end of April Peter Saunders was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) with FLT-3 and NPM1 mutations. For those of you who don't know much about Leukaemia, this is definitely one of the nasty ones, and the odds associated with survival are generally considered to be poor.
Luckily there are some possibly life-saving or life prolonging medicines available to Pete. Sadly they are not currently funded by Pharmac in NZ and they carry a price-tag which would make most of us shudder.
For those of you who have not met Pete's family, he has two exuberant boys aged four and five and a wonderful wife. With the future uncertain for Pete's family, and with the cost of medicinal treatment being equal to a small mortgage, we have decided to start a Give a little donation facility for Pete.
Those of you who know Pete will know that he is always the first to leap into action to support others when disaster strikes. He has time and time again proved his humanity in a professional culture which is often guilty of placing higher values on success and status instead.
Many of us have asked ourselves what we would do to support family and loved ones who have been diagnosed with a potentially terminal illness. The correct answer is whatever it takes, please donate whatever you think is appropriate to support Pete and his family.
We all wish him the best possible odds and a speedy recovery.
Emma Cowell's involvement (page creator)
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Use of funds
To help fund the potentially life-saving non-funded medications Midostaurin/Xospata (Gilteritinib) @ $44,000 per month for at least 6 months ($264,000)
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Latest update
92 days on.... 27 July 2022
We’ve just passed the 3-month mark since Pete’s diagnosis.
Pete has been in and out of hospital having now completed 3 rounds of chemotherapy. He is enjoying the time he gets at home with his family, and when he is feeling up to it, he is trying to do as much around the property as possible to keep his strength up (which is minimal compared to what Pete used to pack into a day).
The next step in Pete’s AML journey is a Bone Marrow Transplant - an amazing medical procedure which will see Pete engrafted with a new immune system from a kind German donor. The first 100 days of the transplant are going to be pretty tough for Pete but the improved outcome makes it a journey worth undertaking.
With these hurdles still ahead, along with avoiding all the winter bugs that are everywhere, please don’t forget Pete and his family.
The give a little page is still active and we are so grateful for all the donations and shares.
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