Please help our beautiful Maia on this hard journey with being diagnosed with a brain tumour!

On Friday the 17th of November, Maia was out mowing her lawns when she lost sensation down the left side of her body and began to have body tremors/seizures. Maia ended up in A&E, where she under went a CT scan and MRI. During her time in hospital they discovered that she has a brain tumour, which is currently fused within the area of her brain that controls the left side of her body. Because of the seizures and the brain tumour, Maia can no longer drive for at least a year.

On Friday the 8th of December, Maia underwent a biopsy to find out more about her brain tumour and how to treat it.

Maia has received her results from her biopsy, which have now determined that the brain tumour is grade three and cancerous.

Maia will be spending the next few weeks recovering and healing from her biopsy, to prepare her body to move a head with treatment.

Maia has a long journey ahead, where she will undergo chemotherapy or radiation.

Maia moved to New Zealand nearly 8 years ago with her partner Simon, where she has been working in early childhood for the past 6 years teaching our young tamariki. She has impacted so many young children’s lives over these years and we are all so grateful for her contribution to the profession.