Sean's Prosthesis Fund.

Sean's brave battle against Bone cancer:

Sean is a wonderful 14 year old boy who lives with his mum and two sisters.He has recently undergone a rotational plasty his right leg amputated and his lower leg reattached with his foot facing backwards. As well as bone cancer Sean has Fanconii Anemia,a condition which exacerbates the toxicity of chemotherapy and limits Sean's survival odds.Over the past 4 years Sean undergone countless procedures,hours of rehabilitation and three major surgeries.Defiantly Sean has survived 9 months of gruelling high-dose chemotherapy.In 2010 not expecting Sean to survive the cancerous bones were removed and replaced with metal implants.This year the leg was amputated,in a van ness procedure.His foot is now facing backwards and is his new knee.Whilst dealing with this life threatening disease is awful ,the horrendous social circumstances have been worse. Due to a change in family dynamics Sean has only his mum and two sisters to support him through his ordeal.As a single parent family, with mum constantly by Sean's side ,and no other support ,the financial impact on this family has been devastating,not to mention the emotional toll.They have lost almost everything including their family home.

Believing that he can defy the odds they want to do everything possible , including non funded alternate medicines to get Sean back to a healthy fully functioning life.This involves many medical ,nutritional and travel costs. Sean also has a dream/bucket list he hopes to achieve.With your help we can defy the odds and make those dreams come true .

The reasons we need to fund raise are:

1.To Cover Treatment and travel costs so that Sean can get well and fully functioning and keep defying the odds .

2. To have sufficient funds to purchase special prosthesis or equipment to enable Sean to do the things he loves , cycling, skiing tramping and running again .

3. To help restore some quality life.Help Sean achieve his dreams.

4. Sean's family have suffered severe financial hardship since his diagnosis . They NEED your help to give Sean the best chance of beating his prognosis .