Please help us support our incredible little girl as she navigates her biggest medical journey yet 🌈
Wellington
Three year old Ivy Elizabeth was born with a rare form of spina bifida, called lipomyelomeningocele. This has come with a great deal of challenges and complications for such a small person, with a LOT of hospital stays and surgeries to keep her well. This amazing wee girl takes on absolutely anything with her feisty, stubborn attitude and her endlessly positive outlook on life, and now it is time for her to go through her biggest (and most invasive) surgery yet!
Within the next 3 to 4 months, Ivy will need major neurosurgery at Starship Hospital in Auckland to de-tether her spinal cord, in order to preserve her ability to walk and to protect the health of her kidneys and bladder, which aren’t doing so well. She will also require further surgery to save the function of her left kidney, as well as the removal of the large, painful lipoma on her back that covers her tethered cord.
Auckland is 8 hours away from our hometown of Masterton, NZ, so the rest of this year is going to be a very stressful, expensive, and busy time for Ivy and her family. As a family we will likely temporarily lose our income for the duration of her hospital stays, and we would love to be able to stay together and support one another.
Any funds raised would go towards helping us as a family, to travel for Ivy’s procedures, to keep bills paid while we are supporting our little girl in hospital as well as daily expenses while we are away.
Ivy is the most incredible 3 year old and wins the hearts of everyone she meets, and we can’t wait for her to be pain free and more medically stable ❤️ If you would like to know more, or see some of Ivy’s previous medical adventures, you can find us on Instagram as well.
Any funds raised would go towards helping us as a family, for travel, bills back home, and expenses while we are away with Ivy. We’d love to save any surplus for Ivy’s future medical adventures, as there will be many more!
Ivy’s next surgery is coming up! 11 July 2021
We finally have an official date for Ivy's kidney surgery, to help with her hydronephrosis and urinary reflux. This will be next Friday and we are SO ready to get this one out of the way, as it’s essential to have her kidneys at their best before her spinal surgeries can happen. Your donations are so appreciated and will help us heaps with the build-up of hidden costs that come with hospital stays and travel. Thanks so much, everyone ❤️
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