Supporting Stacey and her Family

We have all been overwhelmed with the recent news of Stacey being diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia at just 32 years of age.

A fortnight ago she started feeling a bit off colour but only with a slight sore throat and swollen glands, so she got checked out and after a blood test it raised some red flags, so we rushed to Dunedin for further tests.

Our biggest fear as a family was confirmed, Stacey was diagnosed with a very rare Leukaemia for her age group. It was told to us that in this age bracket it comes on super-fast, and the incredible doctors must respond immediately to start treatment. So, with that she went straight into Dunedin hospital for back-to-back rounds of chemotherapy.

Her treatment is continuing over the next few months and until we know the results, we will be supporting her as much as we can in Dunedin and have managed to secure a motel 5 minutes from where she is to be close by when we are in Dunedin. There may be a possibility that we have to travel to Christchurch for a bone marrow transplant in the middle of the year which will also mean we have to stay there for around 3 months.

With this treatment we will have to travel between Dunedin, Southland and possibly Christchurch over the next 6 to 9 months.

It looks like we are in for a hell of a ride for 2021 but we are a tight wee unit and have such amazing support.

Stacey is such a hardworking, generous and caring person and we know we can get through this. It is so humbling to see true kindness and love from so many people at times like this and we are so grateful for all the support we have received already.