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Help Riley and his family deal with cancer

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My name is Cyra and recently my nephew, Riley, who is only 15 years old has been diagnosed with cancer.


On the 5th August 2020 Riley was found to have a tumour on his spine after he collapsed and could not stand again. He was flown to Children’s Hospital Queensland to undergo a biopsy. His mum Dannielle flew with him and on the Thursday his father Jamie and sister Sienna drove up from NSW to be with him. The following day the borders closed due to COVID-19. Tuesday 12th of August the diagnosis came in - Riley has Ewing’s Sarcoma, a rare type of childhood cancer. 

He has undergone aggressive chemotherapy to try and shrink the tumour and get it away from his spinal cord. His family have been placed in accommodation in Brisbane but we are unsure how much longer they are going to have to live there for. Due to the aggressive chemotherapy and where the tumour is,Riley has to undergo another massive surgery on the 21st January 2021, due to his spine being weakened. He will have parts of his spine replaced with titanium rods and use his rib bones to make new discs. 

His dad, Jamie, has been on special leave from work since August. Their oldest son and grandfather, that they care for, are still living at their home in NSW.  Just before Christmas Jamie barely got anything in his pay check and when he rang to find out why, he was informed his special leave had finished but they had not let him know. Now, between medication for Riley, a mortgage, normal bills at home and groceries etc for both them in Brisbane and their family at home, they are stretched way too thin to deal with this tragedy and be able to financially support themselves. They will soon be eligible for a carers pension but it will nowhere be near enough to get them by.


Please help us get them out of this financial burden so they can concentrate on their sons health and well-being as much as possible without having to be weighed down and stressed with their finances. Help Riley and his family by supporting them financially and emotionally at this time.

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  • Paula Sellin
    • $20 
    • 2 yrs
  • Tania Slater
    • $100 
    • 3 yrs
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Cyra de Silva
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Corndale QLD

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