The greatest gift for Grace.

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At only 14 years of age, Grace urgently needs a liver & pancreas transplant to save her life, & will be apart from her family for 4 months.

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Let me introduce you to Grace... at just 14 years of age Grace is one of the most bubbly, energetic, positive, selfless people I have ever met, Grace has a heart of pure gold & with the support of her parents Sean & Jess, Grace has established her own Charity called "Grace's gifts" where she spends her free time fundraising to help families who unexpectedly find themselves hospitalised & provides them with emergency care packages to get them through their hospital stays.

What alot of people don't realise is that Grace herself suffers from the rare life limiting condition, Cystic Fibrosis, the ONLY effective treatment available for this disorder is currently NOT funded by pharmac & at a cost of $330,000 per year her family have been unable to provide this for Grace.

Subsequently, Grace's body has been irreversably damaged by cystic fibrosis, in Grace's case this has resulted in severe permanent unreversable damage to her liver & pancreas..... Grace's health has now deteriorated to the point that, in order to save her life, Grace urgently needs a liver & pancreas transplant. As of last week, Grace is officially on the transplant waiting list, her life literally depends on it.

Grace & her family are about to embark on one of the most stressful and terrifying challenges of their lives.... I want to try and alleviate some of their anguish by reducing their financial stress in order to allow them to travel to be by Grace's bedside while she undergoes her transplant & recovery.

Mary Weir's involvement (page creator)

I am a close friend of Grace's parents Sean and Jess.

Use of funds

All money raised will enable Grace's family to be by her side to support her while she undergoes and recovers from her life saving transplant.

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ERCP a success  10 February 2023

Posted by: Jessica Paterson

We have had a very busy last month, with the whole neutropenia episode, the reaction to the GCSF injection and then the kidney decline, but we managed to get up to starship for Grace's routine ERCP procedure and.......... it all went really well.

They have removed the plastic stent and replaced the metal stent, so she is good to go for the next 6 months or so. I have included images of her new liver days post transplant vs yesterday and the improvement from the stenting. It's all abit medical, but if anyone is interested just message me and I can explain.

We went to Crystal Mountain this afternoon and managed to purchase some nice sparklys on our visit.

We recieved Grace's liver back today also which is a very weird feeling, something that was so evidently killing her but so desperately trying to keep her alive at the same time.

When we have had time to accept and let go of this part of Grace we will bury it under a plant of Grace's choice.

Looking forward to driving home tomorrow ❤️❤️❤️

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Natalia and shawn
Natalia and shawn on 19 Dec 2022
Love ya grace, from the Stanley's
$100
Jessica Paterson

Thankyou very much guys ❤️❤️

Jessica Paterson
Guest Donor
Guest Donor on 06 Dec 2022
Merry Christmas
$50
Jessica Paterson

Thankyou very much ❤️ ❤️

Jessica Paterson
Russell
Russell on 30 Nov 2022
stay strong Grace
$500
Jessica Paterson

Thankyou so much Russell ❤️ ❤️

Jessica Paterson
Jamie
Jamie on 24 Nov 2022
We all praying.
$50
Jessica Paterson

Thankyou very much ❤️ ❤️

Jessica Paterson
Kareena
Kareena on 16 Nov 2022
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$100
Jessica Paterson

Thankyou very much ❤️ ❤️

Jessica Paterson

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This campaign started on 13 May 2022 and ended on 13 May 2023.