Tori fights T Cell Lymphoma, Leukaemia & HLH

Hi, my name is Melony and I am blessed to be Tori's Aunty. We are not a family that would usually ask for help but we never thought our little girl would be fighting a battle like this.

Why do we ask for help? Because I believe that every mother derserves to be by her daughters bedside when in hospital without feeling like she is unable to financially care for the rest of her family.

Tori is a 10 year old little girl, she was a happy, vibrant, playful and caring normal little girl, going to school in year 5 with her friends and spending time with her siblings when she started to feel a little unwell.

She was unfortunately originally misdiagnosed and sent home with Panadol hoping that she would improve. That was not the case and she was later sent to Westmead Childrens Hospital for further testing.

This was 7 weeks ago.

Tori has since been diagnosed with T-Cell Lymphoma/Leukaemia and Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH).

Her liver, spleen and lungs are struggling, and she is now undergoing several treatments including chemotherapy, and ongoing surgeries to try and get her well.

We have no timeframes in sight for when she will be stable or able to come home.

Tori's mum Catherine, in a single mum with 3 other children that are at home whilst she stays with Tori at the hospital, she is a nurse who works in disability and aged care and at the moment is only leaving her daughters hospital bedside to go and complete work shifts to ensure that she can continue to provide a home for her family, put food on the table and struggle with the cost of living as each of us are at the moment.

The stress of having a sick child, the worry of Tori's siblings mental health and well-being as well as weekend and night shift works whilst spending every other minute in the hospital with Tori is taking a toll.

She did not initially agree to me starting this for her and we have all been pitching in but I truly believe that every mum deserves to be completely by her children's bedside whilst she fights for her life, our little Tori.

We all know Cancer is unfair, relentless and cruel especially when it is in a child.

If you can spare anything to help this family stay together, and allow mum to keep fighting for her kids she would be forever grateful as would our whole family.