Our Little Solider Levi fighting Cancer

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Given by 96 generous donors in 9 weeks

Levi is a 2 year old boy whos world has been turned upside down by cancer. Please help our a little solider and his family!

Bay of Plenty

Levi is a 2 year old little boy who was healthy and active and always lit up the room with his smile and laughter.

On the 22nd February he was taken to Rotorua Hospital and doctors said he has fluid on his lungs so then he was transferred to Waikato Hospital. he was put on antibiotics but after scans doctors had found a lump on his liver which was pushing up on his lung so he was then transferred to Starship Hospital for more tests.

On the 24th February Levi and his families lives were turned upside down with a positive result that the lump was cancer.

It was sad to see this active, healthy boy confined to his bed because running around and playing left him coughing and short of breath.

On the 25th February Levi went into theatre for a biopsy and to put a port into one of his veins for when his chemotherapy will begin.

So with this all happening Levis parents - Rochelle and Brent, are up in Starship Hospital next to his bedside waiting to see what the plan is for Levi and his treatment, so they both are away from work and are not sure when they will return to their home and jobs.

With all kinds of bills mounting up I decided to make this page for people who are wanting to make a donation to help take the stress away from Rochelle and Brent and help them feel relaxed while looking after their son. We all know how stressful money situations can be!

To make things harder Rochelle is recovering from major surgery herself so we want her to have the strength she needs to be there for Levi.

Also Levi has a 4 year old sister - Savannah, who will be starting school in April, so there is a lot going on!

Your donations will help Rochelle and Brent pay their rent, power bills, travel to and from Starship, Levis treatment, also helping to get Savannah ready for school.

Any kind of donation that you can make will help out big time and will be hugely appreciated by all our family!

Nicole Massey's involvement (page creator)

I am Rochelles sister and Levi is my nephew and we are a very close nit family, so anything I can do to help out I will without any question.

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Lucky Last Update  4 April 2016

Levi and Rochelle went up to Starship on the 21st March for Levi's second round of chemo. He had 1 scan and the doctors could see that a tumor had already decreased a bit which was awesome news to hear!

He took his second lot of chemo well and again just played with his cars and slept through most of it.

Doctors have said he will have a full body MRI and CT scan on his fourth round of chemo to see how everything is progressing so we have our fingers crossed for that!

I honestly cant believe how well he is taking this whole situation. Every time I see him, he is still his happy bubbly self wanting to show me all his toys and making sure I know all his trucks are just like his Daddys (lol). He loves to show off his stickers he gets after his injection.

Unfortunately this will be my last update as this page closes at the end of the month.

The Gunn and Ryan family just want to extend their greatest thanks to everyone who has donated these past few months. From donations on this page, to the sausage sizzle which was held at New World, to selling baking, to bringing around food and all the supportive messages to us, they have helped out so much! Its amazing to know how many people care and are generous enough to open their wallets to help out our family.

It is still going to be a long road ahead with not knowing how long chemo will go for but we are just thankful that it was detected when it was and Levi is getting the help that he needs. Outlook is positive :)

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Latest donations

Guest Donor
Guest Donor on 22 Apr 2016
$50
Georgie McAlley
Georgie McAlley on 01 Apr 2016
Get well Levi! Love from Georgie
$50
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Guest Donor on 31 Mar 2016
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Trevor and Elizabeth
Trevor and Elizabeth on 15 Mar 2016
Thinking of you all xx
$100
Justin Patterson
Justin Patterson on 14 Mar 2016
$50

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This campaign started on 26 Feb 2016 and ended on 30 Apr 2016.