#Riseforlynds Infinite Love
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This is a my 27-year old cousin Lyndsey, her husband Ben and 5 year old daughter Nyah.
Last month after returning from their first family vacation Lyndsey started to feel sick and was taken to hospital with a suspected virus. This was then diagnosed as pneumonia. But Lyndsey did not get better, in fact her condition deteriorated. After much testing and just a few short weeks ago, Lyndsey was delivered the most terrible news. Stage 4 liver cancer. Non-curable and spreading through her body at an incredible rate. She has been given the slimmest odds of survival and whilst chemotherapy will give her a bit more time, it will not repair the damage done. Doctors remain almost certain that this developed from undiagnosed breast cancer. Yes, they have given a time-frame but with hope we cannot measure her life by the few months provided. Each day is a blessing, every moment an additional gift.
To maintain our family's privacy, I will not say how long she has left. But I can confirm, it will not be very long - and sadly, it will certainly not be the lifetime she had envisioned with her beautiful daughter and husband. She is extremely brave and I have no doubt she will fight this to the very end.
She has a beautiful 5 year old daughter and spent her 2nd wedding anniversary in hospital. She does not own a home or have a lifetime of savings, she has not earnt 60 years of superannuation. In the only way we can support her family we have put a public outreach to raise some much needed funds for the family. We have been a fortunate family, never affected by drugs or sickness. As you can imagine, this is an incredible shock for us all, and my heart breaks for her parents - my uncle and aunty Peter and Lynda, her brother Drew and his soon to be wife Amy, and their daughter Chloe. All the while, my only female cousin is thinking forward - she is wondering if the time left will grant her the energy to write birthday cards for every day she will miss, she is pre-recording bed time stories so her daughter will never forget her soothing voice. She is being brave when we are breaking around her. Lyndsey will battle through, because she wants us to have more time.
As a family we can’t do much to save her, but we are trying to do something to honour her. Our initial goal was to have enough to pay of Lyndsey’s Christmas Lay-by and maybe help them with the car registration due this month. But I believe we can do more. I would never normally send out an email to all of my friends or to strangers asking for help, but these are extraordinary circumstances that we find ourselves in. These are the surreal stories you see and hear about on TV, but you never think will happen to your own family.
If you can help, we won’t be able to thank you enough. If you can’t help, that’s ok too. Maybe tonight, just hug for a little longer and make sure your children/husband/wife/parents/family know that you love them. And stop wasting the minutes wondering about tomorrow, because as it turns out – no matter your age, height, weight sex… Tomorrow may just never come.
One final thing – if you have an Instagram of Facebook account – please share the hashtag #RiseforLynds and let’s get the message out there to check your breasts!!
Our hearts have been broken, ever so much
When we learnt that your life was time-poor
So today we fight for your honour, family, friends and such
Hoping somehow to even the score
Last month after returning from their first family vacation Lyndsey started to feel sick and was taken to hospital with a suspected virus. This was then diagnosed as pneumonia. But Lyndsey did not get better, in fact her condition deteriorated. After much testing and just a few short weeks ago, Lyndsey was delivered the most terrible news. Stage 4 liver cancer. Non-curable and spreading through her body at an incredible rate. She has been given the slimmest odds of survival and whilst chemotherapy will give her a bit more time, it will not repair the damage done. Doctors remain almost certain that this developed from undiagnosed breast cancer. Yes, they have given a time-frame but with hope we cannot measure her life by the few months provided. Each day is a blessing, every moment an additional gift.
To maintain our family's privacy, I will not say how long she has left. But I can confirm, it will not be very long - and sadly, it will certainly not be the lifetime she had envisioned with her beautiful daughter and husband. She is extremely brave and I have no doubt she will fight this to the very end.
She has a beautiful 5 year old daughter and spent her 2nd wedding anniversary in hospital. She does not own a home or have a lifetime of savings, she has not earnt 60 years of superannuation. In the only way we can support her family we have put a public outreach to raise some much needed funds for the family. We have been a fortunate family, never affected by drugs or sickness. As you can imagine, this is an incredible shock for us all, and my heart breaks for her parents - my uncle and aunty Peter and Lynda, her brother Drew and his soon to be wife Amy, and their daughter Chloe. All the while, my only female cousin is thinking forward - she is wondering if the time left will grant her the energy to write birthday cards for every day she will miss, she is pre-recording bed time stories so her daughter will never forget her soothing voice. She is being brave when we are breaking around her. Lyndsey will battle through, because she wants us to have more time.
As a family we can’t do much to save her, but we are trying to do something to honour her. Our initial goal was to have enough to pay of Lyndsey’s Christmas Lay-by and maybe help them with the car registration due this month. But I believe we can do more. I would never normally send out an email to all of my friends or to strangers asking for help, but these are extraordinary circumstances that we find ourselves in. These are the surreal stories you see and hear about on TV, but you never think will happen to your own family.
If you can help, we won’t be able to thank you enough. If you can’t help, that’s ok too. Maybe tonight, just hug for a little longer and make sure your children/husband/wife/parents/family know that you love them. And stop wasting the minutes wondering about tomorrow, because as it turns out – no matter your age, height, weight sex… Tomorrow may just never come.
One final thing – if you have an Instagram of Facebook account – please share the hashtag #RiseforLynds and let’s get the message out there to check your breasts!!
Our hearts have been broken, ever so much
When we learnt that your life was time-poor
So today we fight for your honour, family, friends and such
Hoping somehow to even the score
Organiser
Linda Brown
Organiser
Bundall QLD
