Please help us with Mum's Life Raft of Love

Our loving Mum, Mel, who is in her 40’s, has recently been diagnosed with cancer. She has an enormous rare tumour in her stomach called Liposarcoma which is attacking her organs and major blood vessels.

Mum is going to be undergoing a very complex surgery in Auckland soon where a number of surgeons will try and safely remove the tumour, as well as some organs and it will be a long recovery ahead. It’s not certain they will successfully be able to remove the tumour safely. If they can’t they will try chemo or radiation and then look at surgery again.

Mum means everything to us and her step-daughter. We need her. Mum is always there to help anyone at any time and doesn’t like to ask for help because she likes to care for others. She has a loving partner, Wayne, who endlessly supports her. Mum and Wayne are both self employed, mum can no longer work and they don’t qualify for any government support. We are doing everything we can to help, but we can’t do much to help with the financial stress that is worrying Mum. We need her to be able to focus on getting stronger and being positive for this journey. We are all terrified and devastated that our Mum has to go through this. But we will all get through this together. It would be amazing to see our Mum get through this and keep living life. We are grateful for any help and support at this time for Mum.

Thank you, Taylah, Kate, Liam, Wil, and Neve x