Our world fell apart the moment we heard those words.

Our mum, Tracy Evans, has always been the heart of everything. She is the woman who never sat still, who put every single one of us before herself, who worked through exhaustion and never once complained. She is warm, strong, and selfless in a way that is rare in this world. She is turning 57 in September, and right now, she is lying in a hospital bed fighting for her life.

It started when we noticed something was wrong. Her skin had turned yellow. She was exhausted in a way sleep could not fix. She could not eat properly. We knew in our gut that something was seriously wrong, so we rushed her to the hospital. After examinations and tests, the doctors found a mass on her pancreas. Then came the words we were not prepared to hear: pancreatic cancer.

This is not the first time our mum has had to face cancer. Back in 2019, she was diagnosed with

breast cancer. She went through surgery, chemotherapy, and every brutal side effect that comes with it, and through all of it, she smiled at us. She protected us from her pain. She never let us

see how much she was suffering. She came out the other side, and we truly believed the hardest chapter was behind her.

It was not.

In 2026, cancer came back, and this time it came back harder. The tumor on her pancreas was critical. The doctors told us she needed a Whipple procedure, one of the most complex and serious surgeries a person can undergo. There was no time to pause, no time to process. Every moment mattered. We had to act fast, and so did she.

The surgery is done. She survived it. But she is still in the hospital, still recovering, still fighting.

And the road ahead is long.

We live in Broken Hill. The hospital where Mum is being treated is in Adelaide, a four to five-hour drive each way. We make that drive over and over again because nothing in this world would keep us from being by her side. But every trip costs money we do not have. The fuel alone is draining us. When we arrive in Adelaide, we cannot afford accommodation. Hotel costs on top of everything else have become impossible. So we have been sleeping in our cars in the car park, just to stay close to her when she wakes up in the morning. No family should have to do that. But we would do it a thousand times over for her.

The financial pressure of all of this, the travel, the fuel, the accommodation, the food during long

hospital stays, has become overwhelming. And it does not end when she leaves the hospital.

After the Whipple surgery, Mum faces months of chemotherapy, oncology appointments,

specialist consultations, and scans. This is not over. This is just the beginning of the next chapter of her fight. We are asking for $60,000 AUD to cover all of it, every drive, every meal, every night we need a roof over our heads, and every treatment that gives our mum a fighting chance at the life she deserves.

Our mum has never asked for anything. Not once in her life. She gave and gave and gave to us, to everyone around her, and never expected a single thing in return. Even in 2019, when she was going through chemotherapy, she was the one checking on us. She was the one making sure everyone else was okay. That is just who she is.

She is turning 57 in September. She has survived more than most people ever will. And she deserves to come home. She deserves to sit in her garden again, to have a cup of tea in her own kitchen, to laugh with her grandchildren, to feel the sun on her face somewhere other than through a hospital window. She has spent so much of her life giving everything to the people she loves. She has fought so hard for so long. She is still fighting now, with everything she has.

We are not asking for much. Whatever you can give $5, $10, $20 it all adds up. It adds up to fuel for the next drive. It adds up to a bed, not a car seat. It adds up into one more treatment, one more appointment, one more chance. And if you cannot donate, please share this page.

Share it with your family, your friends, your workmates, anyone at all. You never know whose

eyes it will reach. You never know who is out there waiting for a reason to help.

Our mum has always been there for everyone else.

Now it is our turn to be there for her.

Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts.