Keep Katie Moving

Movement is freedom and freedom is independence. Without the ability to walk unassisted and drive anymore, my world has shrunk.

I'm Katie and 8 years ago, 38 weeks pregnant with my second child, I was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer. Since then, I have defied all the odds after numerous metastases to my hip, lung, spine and brain and due to nerve damage from radiation the power in my legs is greatly reduced. As a result of a tumour compressing my spine, I have developed foot drop in both feet. This dramatically impacts my everyday life and prevents me from driving a standard pedal car.

Much of my world is limited to my home and not being able to independently go beyond its walls is a terrible blow to my mental health and my connection to community and the outside world.

I can't take my kids to school or the park, meet friends for a coffee, help with the shopping, visit my mum, see the ocean, go to the movies.

So today, I'm casting my net out to my broader community because my family and I can't do this without you.

What your financial support means:

$40K = buy a car that can be modified for hand-paddle driving (NDIS only retrofits cars less than 5 years old)

$15K= install a hoist in the car for an electric scooter

$15K= install and adapt my home with ramps and safety modifications

It's hard asking for help because I'm usually the one helping. And denying my reliance on others for almost everything ended in disaster recently when I broke my collar bone after a fall. I feel like a bird with clipped wings. But in reality I'm a mum, wife, friend, and daughter who aches to regain my freedom and be part of this life I have struggled so hard to create.

Helping me reach this fundraising goal literally means the (outside) world to me. If I could raise the money before Christmas, I can make independence a reality in 2022.

Please share my GoFundMe and help me reach my goal.

I'll be sharing the love on Instagram and Facebook and for inspiration listen to the #keepkatiemoving Spotify playlist .

Thank you so much for your love and support,

Katie xxx