Help Makenzie Hazelton beat cancer

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Rebecca Hazelton and Joe Bryant are organizing this fundraiser on behalf of Daniel Hazelton.

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The Hazelton’s difficult journey started in August 2019 when their beautiful daughter Makenzie, aged 5, was diagnosed with T-cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma.

It was a frightening diagnosis with a long battle ahead. After 10 months of aggressive treatment at Westmead Children’s Hospital, Makenzie was allowed to go home with her family in Koorawatha in rural NSW where she resumed school at Mulyan Public School in Cowra.

After missing most of Kindergarten, Makenzie was thrilled to be back learning and playing with her friends and looking after her pets at home. Although she had many years of check-ups, Makenzie was making the most of everything as she always has and things were looking up.

In May of 2021, no one was prepared when Makenzie told her parents that she had a headache and that she was sick of seeing double. After seeking urgent medical advice, Makenzie received the devastating news that she had relapsed and that the cancer had spread to her brain.

Makenzie underwent emergency surgery on the 9th May 2021. During this time the doctors informed the Hazelton’s that Makenzie would need to receive a bone marrow transplant. Makenzie is also fighting a nasty fungal infection and will need to be cancer and infection free before the bone marrow transplant can commence.

Due to the current Covid19 restrictions in Sydney and NSW and the difficulties placed on families with children in hospital, Makenzie’s parents, Daniel and Sarah made the difficult decision to relocate the whole family to Ronald McDonald House at Westmead. This has meant that Jeremy and Ben have had to continue their schooling at The Hospital School at Westmead.

If you would like to be kept up to date with Makenzie’s journey please like her Facebook page for regular updates and to send her your thoughts.

Makenzie's family and friends are reaching out to help provide financial support on behalf of the Hazelton family. We understand that times are tough and that any donation no matter the size will be greatly appreciated by the Hazelton's.