Support for Legion, Bex, Strick and Anais
Financial support for Legion, Bex, Strick and Anais
Tokoroa, Waikato
Bex&Strick are a long way from home looking after and supporting Legion through his Starship funded Leukaemia journey.
He is undergoing intense Chemotherapy&medications for pain, side effects & infections as well as blood transfusions & platelet transfusions.
Bex&Strick are both off work at the same time, for the foreseeable future.
From Bex Facebook post 14th July.
“On Wednesday 12 July, Legion had a health check done after what we thought was a slow unusual recovery from the flu, his gums started to swell. Blood test results showed abnormal cells&we were told to go straight to Waikato hospital for more tests. Wednesday night Legion was diagnosed with AML- Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (cancer of the blood&bone marrow). Legion was then admitted into Starship Hospital oncology ward. This will be our journey&home for the next 6 months all going well.
Being a long weekend we await for tests to take samples from his bone marrow in his hips and spinal fluid to determine his treatment plan&start his first stage of chemotherapy. So much has happened in the last couple days&we are still trying to register everything as we learn more&more. It’s a hard. But as per, Legion has managed to keep us smiling&laughing with his jokes&cheeky remarks, but we know with treatment our boy will need all the aroha & positivity he can get.
Our boy has got the strength to overcome this, keep us in your prayers & send us positive vibes.
Just know he will see you all soon friends and whanau
Bex, Strick, Anais Xx”
Shiree Marshall's involvement (page creator)
Harvesting supervisor of the logging crew they work in
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Financial support while Bex and Strick are both off work & any possible unfunded treatment costs (we will update you when we have further information on unfunded medical costs)
Latest update
Legion’s Leukaemia journey update 31 July 2023
Update: 31st July: Legion has been in Starship Hospital for 2 1/2 weeks now with Mum and Dad by his side. He has just finished his 10 days of intense chemotherapy.
Apart from a few reactions, blood transfusions and dealing with the side effects of chemo Legion has stayed positive and brave. Chemo cycle 1 done. Now Legion has to recover. His immune system and cell count are at the lowest and most vulnerable to infection and viruses, he needs this time to build it up without complications for his next cycle.
A big mihi to everyone who has given a koha to help with Legions cancer journey, we are truely grateful.
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