Support 3 year old Magnus and his family fight his stage four cancer.
Please help us wrap around this family and give Magnus the opportunity to be the big brother that he deserves to be.
Wellington
Magnus is a super happy, bubbly 3 year old that has just become a big brother with a life time of dreams ahead of him, when in October 2024, his family was delivered the devastating news that he has a 9cm neuroblastoma growing from his right kidney area which has spread to other areas of his body.
This amazing family are now navigating the fact that their toddler has stage four neuroblastoma which is an aggressive and rare form of childhood cancer, 38% survival rate. After the latest scans, his prognosis for survival has dropped.
Treatments here in NZ include, intensive chemo, radiation therapy, stem cell transplants, surgery and immuno therapy. Generally all these treatments can have severe and long lasting side effects which can include hearing or vision loss, organ damage, or developing secondary cancers or leukemia at any time.
Magnus and his family want to be able to explore new treatment options from overseas, additional to treatment available in New Zealand, so he will have a better chance at survival and recovery. They also need to manage the day to day that brings additional costs due to his disease and they want to be able to buy products for Magnus that will enhance his comfort and recovery.
Please help us wrap around this family and give Magnus the opportunity to grow up to be the big brother that he deserves to be.
Bridget McBride's involvement (page creator)
We are the Childspace community that surround Magnus and his whānau.
Use of funds
The money will be used to be able to afford the best available overseas treatment, drugs and technology. This includes surgery, proton therapy and immunotherapy (Naxitamab), as well as products to ease Magnus’ pain and enhance his recovery.
Latest update
Radiation done 9 January 2026
Hi all,
We hope you had a great start into the New Year, we certainly had a mixed one. We certainly slept when 2025 turned into a 2026.
We received notice on a Monday morning that we were travelling in the afternoon and had radiation Tuesday morning in Christchurch. Fortunately Magnus likes the "Blue light" (as he likes anything blue really) and Christchurch city, so that went down smoothly. He's now the proud owner of 5 more glow beads. It was a medium to high dose this time: 4 Gray each day for 5 days.
We are always in awe as to how well he handles these things. This time we are seeing a very good and rapid response, with fast shrinkage of the, before very large, tumor spots. He felt relatively well all the time and had good energy, so we used the time to pick blueberries and raspberries, visited willowbanks reserve and the Zoo and even went foraging in the red zone. He loves nature and foraging so much.
He never goes out of the house without his green tractor pullover and green cap anymore. It's so endearing to see. A little farmer in the making.
Lots of love, Arohanui
Magnus and family
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