Lachie Love needs your help!

Hello to all of Lachie's supporters! It's been a while since I've posted an update.

It's been just over a month since radiation finished, and unfortunately it's been a bit of a rough ride for our boy. Lachie hadn't been feeling very well, was very tired and vomiting a lot. He had excess fluid in the brain as a side effect from the radiation, so had a shunt fitted to drain this away to relieve the pressure in his head. It has helped, but it's taken a couple of adjustments to it for it to be working as well as needed.

Lachie's balance and mobility has declined, meaning he is now in a wheelchair and can't walk unassisted. He is also suffering from anxiety, which of course is understandable.

The most recent MRI showed a change in the tumour, but the oncologists believe this to be pseudo progression, meaning still inflammation from the radiation. He's on a high dose of steroids to try and reduce the swelling and hopefully give him some balance and mobility back.

On a positive note, he's been doing some pretty cool things when he's able to - feeding the lemurs at Willowbank Wildlife Reserve, as well as feeding Giraffes and patting rhinos at Orana Wildlife Park. He's had a private screening at Event Cinemas Albany for him and his friends to see the Mario movie, been on a jet boat ride at the Waimakariri River, and had a private flight over the city thanks to Steven Smith from Barfoot & Thompson, to name a few.

We are still hopeful that the steroids will help him gain back some independence and enable him to do a few more things on his bucket list. If you haven't followed his bucket list page on facebook, the link is https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089298321738.

Once again thank you so much for all your donations, they're enabling Liesje and Andy to spend time with Lachie to care for him, but also to make all of these memories possible for the family, for which we are deeply grateful.

Nikki