
Please help Olivia with her battle
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Hello I'm Renae, Olivia's aunty. In August 2020 at just 9 years old, Olivia was diagnosed with a golf ball size brain tumor, astrocytoma (glioma) grade 1. Liv was just like any 9 year old. Full of energy and loved to do gymnastics.
In August 2020, Our Lives changed. Olivia started getting headaches, and started to randomly stare into space. After going to the doctors she was booked in for an MRI scan, and in a matter of weeks, she under went a 8 hour brain surgery, which they had to stop and leave some behind due to too much blood loss.
Over the next 3 years I watched a smart, intelligent bubbly girl go through one hell of a battle with constant MRI scans and the fear of it coming back.
In August this year, our fears were confirmed it had come back, and was a more aggressive grade 2 tumor. She had to under go another 5 hour brain surgery, shaving more of her precious curly hair which she absolutely adores. She has just completed her follow-up MRI scan, and in not even 2 months the tumor has grown back larger than before.
Olivia will be undergoing 6 weeks of radiation, 5 days per week. My sister, mother of three will need to take a time off of work, and with the current cost of living this will be no easy task.
Liv has held such a brave face, she keeps her mum going without even knowing and we believe that she deserves anything she can to make her feel special.
We would really love to treat Liv to some postive experiences she will remember, and take her mind off of what she is going through, what no 12 year old should ever have to go through.
Please donate what you can. Nothing is too small, we appreciate every cent.
Organizer and beneficiary
Renae Milton
Organizer
Adelaide, SA
Hayley Hobbs
Beneficiary