We need your help

Some of you may know Kirsten has had a rough 12 months due to ill health, in the last 6 months Kirsten has spent more time in hospital then out. Kirsten has an autoimmune disease called Felty's Syndrome, when she catches any bug, she suffers about 10 x worse then a "normal" individual which is hospitalising her lately.

She is one of the most generous, giving people I know. She would take the shirt off her back for anyone and she will suffer in silence. Doctors here are baffled, they are treating her each individual symptom rather then helping the disease, oral antibiotics don't cut it anymore and I.V antibiotics only really seem to treat for a short period of time. Recently they have been told that they now have to wait to see a autoimmune specialist in Auckland where she will receive an unfunded drug pembrolizumab that will cost them $100,000 per year. This is a life threatening disease and without this things aren't looking very promising. This is a huge burden on any family and if we can lighten the load for them, then we as the "Bangs" village are giving back the generosity that Kirsten gives out every day.

So today I ask you, instead of buying your coffee or lunch you put that towards a good cause and help Kirsten get that one step closer to living a better quality life.

The Bangs family are a tough tight knit family, while this is tough on Dave and the kids, not having their leading lady about, they continue to soldier on through silently. Let's help this family!