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Supporting Chloe Kirkham & Family During Her Leukemia Journey

  • Chloe update

      4 April 2026
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    Chloe update 🧡

    We have had a pretty rough week, Chloe has been pretty unhappy and unwell since Friday last week.

    Ranging from a bad reaction to a med to spiked temperatures and struggling to get food and liquid into her we are now on our second ED trip within the week.

    Chloe was in Auckland at Ronald Mac from Friday to Wednesday as they wanted to keep her closer to the hospital, this included a trip to the ED down there on Sunday night, Chloe finally came home Wednesday night but we are now on the children's ward in Whangarei likely for atleast the weekend after heading back in at 3:30am with a spiked temp and a very unhappy little girl.

    She is doing ok and is where she needs to be but it has been a bit of a change for us with her handling everything so well until now, we knew these times would come but it doesn't make them any easier, especially now juggling work and wanting to be there for Chloe as much as I can.

    Tom Kirkham has been a super star Dad with her all week and now its my turn while he is away for most of the long weekend.

    We are told this is all totally normal and to be expected, just part of the roller coaster.

    This side of it is alot harder than when she is doing well and definitely much harder to share and talk about but we want to share the bad too, not just when she's good.

    Lacking sleep this weekend/week already so please don't be offended if I don't respond or seem my bubbly self.🥰

    Thankyou for all the love and support

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  • CHLOE IS HOME

      5 March 2026
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    I managed to visit my sister, Chloe and brother-in-law on the 1st of March after potential colds in my household keeping our distance for 2 weeks. And what an amazing fun day I had with Chloe she was full of beans and energy and excitement to have a new face to look at after being stuck with the same faces (mum and dads) and walls for so long.

    BUT on the 2nd of March late arvo after Chloe had a bone marrow test and lumber puncture her obs came back good and she was given the all clear to go home, due to the travel samii and Tom decided to stay Monday night and head home Tuesday morning with the car packed to the brim with their stuff and all the gifts and food everyone generously gave during their time in Auckland.

    We are absolutely stoked that they are finally home in their own space and beds again with Chloe spending her first night sleeping 14hrs straight!!

    Now for the near future they will be doing a lot of travelling for appointments and treatments between Auckland and Whangarei for Chloe's needs and we keep our fingers crossed Chloe keeps trooping along and does not need admitting into hospital again or at least to soon from now.

    Just want to shout out to those who supplied some home cooked meals and baking while they were in Auckland to help keep costs down and still supplying food to help out.

    And to those who helped me clean any potential bug in their home while they were away thankyou, there was no way I was going to complete the job on my own. Thankyou!!

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  • Chloe and family update.

      13 February 2026
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    Chloe has finally been discharged from inpatient and now they are a family of 3 24/7 again staying at the Ronald McDonald house together, they were discharged a day later than originally planned due to a small set back but after a few tests Chloe was all good and got to leave with mum and dad.

    Chloe is currently neutropenic so visiting is limited at the moment. Which means if she gets any kind of illness she will be back in hospital and could be life threatening for her.

    So far she is doing incredibly well with her mood swings worse than a teenager haha.

    Mum and dad and the rest of us family members want to also show huge gratitude for the incredible donations received from every single one of you, without your support and incredible generosity samii and Tom wouldn't both be able to stay with Chloe during this time and months to come so thankyou so so much whether that's donated to give a little, cooking meals, baking, or helping clean their house it all means so much to not just Samii and Tom but me as well Samii's sister and Chloe's Aunty .

    So thankyou again so so much!!

    Fingers crossed Chloe keeps trooping along so well 🤞🥰😍 ❤️

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  • Update on Chloe

      5 February 2026
    Posted by: Samantha Kirkham
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    Monday Chloe went in for a procedure to have a bone marrow biopsy taken, a lumbar puncture and her port put in for treatments.

    While under she also had chemo injected directly into her spinal fluid in case it had spread there.

    Prior to Chloes procedure she received a platelet transfusion also.

    From this her bone marrow came back confirming her diagnosis with no more surprises and her lumbar puncture was clear so the Cancer hadn't spread to her spinal fluid, was so nice getting some good news!

    In the afternoon of Monday Chloe had her first chemo treatment, from this she has done amazing and is tolerating the treatment really well so far.

    Today she starts a steroid as part of her ongoing treatment so hopefully she tolerates that well too, she also had a blood transfusion as her hemoglobin (red blood cells) got a bit low.

    However we were given positive news today that her white blood cells have come down substantially as they were really high, even for her diagnosis. Her fluids are also going to be reduced over the next few days and her blood tests are now going to be dropped to twice daily indicating we are on track to be able to move from the hospital to our accommodation at Ronald Mcdonald house.

    We have been so fortunate with the amazing doctors and nurses we have seen over this whole process.

    Overall everything is heading in the right direction and the team at starship have been amazing.

    We are blown away by everyones generous donations, thank you so much!

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