Support Julius's fight against cancer and back to being a superstar rugby player

Julius is just an awesome 13 year old young man, older brother to two siblings, popular at school and a super keen rugby player, playing for the Kerikeri Rugby Club for the past 3 years, where he was playing at prop & second row before he was taken ill.

Julius was suffering from a cough, low energy and having difficulty breathing. After 5 weeks of return visits to the GPs with no improvement, his parents took him to the Emergency Department where he was immediately flown to Starship. They found a huge mass in his chest and he was admitted to ICU, as he was unable to breath and it was touch and go for him. Julius' diagnosis is T cell Lymphoblastic lymphoma/Leukemia. He is amazingly positive and a real fighter so is responding well to Chemo. However, this will be a two year journey for him. Mum (Monique) works hard to support the family and was Northland Trade & Sales Rep for Resene. She has had to resign her position to care for Julius and as a result has lost her car and income. Although she is able to access some support, of course it is never enough. The family need to move from Okaihau to Kerikeri to be nearer services and need support for ongoing medical care, petrol costs and associated costs to get Julius back on his feet and playing rugby, and, of course, they need a car to get to medical appointments. I love this family, they are hard working, honest people respected by our community and need our support.