SHEA needs surgery to remove his brain tumour and save his life!

The use of these funds is to enable Shea to have life saving surgery to remove his brain tumour and for his ongoing care. Should we not raise enough then to be used for his ongoing care.

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Shea has just turned 24 and needs to have his brain tumour gone. Only Charlie Teo can operate to save him.

I was visiting the cemetery in Christchurch one day. I came across a lady sitting next to a headstone. I asked if she was ok and she sadly said "This is my son'' there was a photo of a young man on the headstone. I asked how he had died and she said 'suicide. My heart sank as it wasn't that long ago that my son Shea had looked me in the eye crying and begged me to help him die. At that time if i had had a pill I may have even helped him. His tears cut me in half.

The lady's husband arrived and I explained to them that i live in terror every day for my husband and son who both have terminal illnesses.

My son had been told by one neurologist that he thought his tumour might be benign but then this all changed when a 2nd MRI and second neurologist said Astrocytoma (slow growing cancer) . It was agreed by each that it was unable to be operated on as it was in a dangerous place.

Since the diagnosis, Shea suffers from severe mental illness, depression, anxiety and social anxiety and never leaves the house unless his brother Christian talks him into going for a drive. His brother has been by his side throughout.

The father at the cemetery told me that the day his son died he had been talking to him on the phone and had no idea what his son had planned and how they now live with the anguish of wishing they had done something. He told me if i didn't do everything i could to save my son then i would never forgive myself. He said it was too late for them but maybe not for my son. He had heard of a man in Australia called Charlie Teo and that i should try and make contact.

I believe that God sent me to the cemetery that day. I had no reason to go there but came away knowing that the man was right.

I researched and wrote to Charlie Teo who happens to be classed as the best neurosurgeon in the world and is based in Sydney. I sent a letter and MRI results to him by mail on a Sunday and by the following Wednesday received a call to say that my son could be successfully operated on without complication or return of the tumour.

PROBLEM is that this surgery is done in the private sector and at minimum would cost $120,000

Christian his brother has a new baby and wife but he has always been by his brother's side. Without him Shea would certainly not be here. Every day he has Christian trying to reassure him that 'God won't fail him’.

PLEASE help me save my son

Everybody except for Charlie Teo has turned him away. I can’t help my husband but I can save my son’s life but desperately need your help.