Help Little Matthew Fight a Brain Tumor
My little cousin Matthew, is only 9 years old, turning 10 on 9 February 2021. He is a brave big brother to Rylie. He is a very bright, happy go lucky boy, is always smiling and laughing, and like any other child he has so much in his life he wants to do and see.
On Sunday afternoon on the 31 January, around 4:30pm, a parents worst fear dwelled upon the Hubner family. Matthew had taken a shower to get ready for bed as he wasn’t feeling well. During which, he had come down with a severe headache and started to vomit. In the matter of a few moments Matthew was fading in and out of consciousness in the shower. His mother did what any mother would have done, she contacted emergency services. When they arrived, Matthew was unresponsive.
Upon tests at the Atherton Hospital, they discovered fluid on Matthew’s brain. This urged the doctors to immediately place him into an induced coma. Matthew was then flown on an Angel Flight to Townsville Base Hospital, to receive an emergency operation to drain the fluid. The doctors stabilised Matthew and discovered that the fluid on his brain was actually caused by a cancerous brain tumor that had ruptured, causing bleeding on his brain. He was immediately flown to Brisbane to Queensland Children’s Hospital, where they underwent emergency surgery. They discovered that tumor is on the most important part of the brain that controls basic motor skills, speech and movement.
Matthew has been in a coma since that day, and his parents have had the news that he needs approximately 6 months of chemotherapy to reduce the tumor. Little Matthew will then need future operations on his brain to attempt to remove the tumor, so he can have his life back. He has an unforeseeable future, and his family are waiting desperately every day to hear any good news, and be there by his side.
Matthew has his whole life ahead of him, and wishes to return to being his little brothers best friend.
If you would like to help Matthew please donate. Every donation helps Matthew’s family with the anxious, long road to his recovery.
