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Help Lexi fight Brain Cancer

$43,503 donated
Given by 338 generous donors in 12 weeks

Lexi is 7 and has been diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor. Help us raise the funds to do what we can to help her and her family.

Northland

On the 7th of January 2025 my sister Cheryl and her partner Rob received the devastating news no parent should ever have to hear, Lexi their beautiful 7 year old daughter was diagnosed with a rare aggressive brain tumor, after a few weeks of appointments and being set to start treatment at the end of Jan they have recently been updated that the cancer is too big and no effective treatment is currently available. Cheryl and Rob are determined to not give up hope and are looking for alternative treatment options.

Lexi is and kind, caring, smart and adventurous kid, it's hard to believe something like this can happen.

As Cheryl and Rob are farmers and are self-employed we would love to relieve the financial stress and give them the option to spend as much time with Lexi as possible. We hope that this page will mitigate some of the stress & allow them to explore all available treatment options, At the very least, we want Lexi to experience as much fun things as possible.

We also ask that everyone is extremely mindful and does not discuss the diagnosis outcome with Lexi and or children who may accidentally share this with her, she is unaware of the severity and we would like to keep it that way.

Every donation no matter how small helps to provide the best options for Lexi.

We are very grateful for any donation and thank every one of you for the love, support and kindness.

The fight has just begun.

Hannah Petera's involvement (page creator)

Sister of Cheryl, Lexi is my niece

Use of funds

We hope to relieve any financial stress allowing the family to spend quality time together, explore all available treatment options (nothing has been confirmed yet) and give Lexi the absolute best experiences possible.

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Update - Making precious memories   9 March 2025

People have been asking how we are getting on...

Well firstly thank you all for the love and generous support in various of ways, we have been overwhelmed and greatly appreciate it.

Our family have been very busy making beautiful precious memories.

Lexi has had the opportunity to experience many different things such as the adventure of the Goldcoast and all it's theme parks, Adrenaline park, surfing for farmers, big game fishing, camping, boating. With so much more to come.

We have had enjoyed quality time with friends and family throughout.

Lexi is still very full of energy living life loving school, adventures and sporting challenges and will continue to do so as long as she can. On the medical front we continue to explore holistic and natural treatments in addition to medical support we receive from Starship. Our overseas enquiries have not had any success to date.

Thanks for thinking of us ❤️

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Created by Hannah Petera
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Paying to a verified bank account of Cheryl Wagener on behalf of Lexi Gaastra and Family
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This campaign started on 24 Jan 2025 and ended on 23 Apr 2025.