Please help the Brunn family!!
Raising funds for the Brunn family. Their daughter Katie is in hospital with extensive burns and the family costs are mounting up.
Manawatu / Whanganui
The Brunn family's life changed a month ago when Katie fell into a fire pit that had been carelessly left in a public place. The family live in Palmerston North and Katie had to be flown to the Hutt Hospital for care and treatment. Pip isn't able to work and the family are having to cope with idea that she may not be able to for months to come. Katie has already had 5 treatments at the time of writing and is facing at least 3 more. Petrol and other travel costs are taking their toll. The Brunns are a family who are active in their community and will always help others out. Pip is also the carer for one of her other girls, and she has had to pay someone to take over this role now. With all the worries and extra work that they will be facing in the months to come, it would be wonderful to think that they didn't have extra financial worries on top of everything else.
Gabrielle Martell-Turner's involvement (page creator)
I've known Pip for over 15 years. We met through our involvement with Playcentre. Pip is a tireless campaigner for people with disabilities to live their best lives. I've chosen to start this Givealittle as I know Pip finds it difficult to ask for help.
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Travel costs, the cost of a carer for another of Pips daughters, not being able to work - stress. The emotional, physical and actual costs are mounting up and this is taking its toll on a family that are already stretched thin.
Latest update
We are off to the pool 13 May 2021
Yay finally the all clear to go swimming ! Wow this is a big step, we tested with a soak in the spa . It wasn’t too bad so off to the pools in the weekend.
This is big for a number of reasons especially being that it will be the most exposed Katie has been for a long time .
School started a few weeks ago and we have managed to get there by morning tea most days but we haven’t had a full week at school yet with appointments every week.
We are all feeling ok, we have a new stool to try for band at school so she is not sitting down crushing her lungs and trying to sing and a shower stool .
All in all we are mostly ok .
Still haven’t found the lady who helped but I think the most humble just get on and do stuff.
No signs up from the council either....
Katie has talked briefly about going to the river , only if it involve collecting rocks and nothing else
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