Dear community,

Please forgive me, I don’t even know how to start this.

My name is Rosie.

Before October, my daughter was the person who checked in on everyone else.

She lived for her yoga and Pilates classes, her family, her many wonderful friends, and every spare moment she could get at the beach.

She had a job she loved and a future that looked bright and limitless.

Now, I don't recognise her.

Since October, our lives have turned into a living nightmare.

It started with pain, and within days, she couldn't walk.

Now she spends every single day trapped in a bed, crying her eyes out because the physical torture is too much for her to handle.

The pain is everywhere in her joints, her skin, and her muscles. She is taking 25 pills a day, including steroids and chemotherapy drugs, and none of them are working.

The photo I have shared is of her hand. You can see how her joints are already becoming deformed. This is what is happening to a 27-year-old girl. This is why she can no longer walk or live a normal life.

The darkness of this illness has taken over her mind as much as her body.

Because she has lost her mobility, her career, and her independence, she is struggling deeply with her mental health.

She is in a state of constant trauma, watching her body change and her life disappear while she remains trapped in a bed.

The lack of answers from doctors and specialist care has left her without any hope, and as a mother, watching her spirit break is just as agonising as seeing the physical deformity of her joints.

The worst update came today. The doctors finally admitted they don’t actually know what is wrong with her.

The initial diagnosis was a guess; they talked about an atypical form of Rheumatoid Arthritis, but it was wrong. While the specialists here keep searching for answers, my daughter is losing her will to keep fighting, while being poisoned by drugs that do not even alleviate the pain.

My daughter is a very private person, and she feels a deep sense of shame about her condition and would not want to ask for anything, ever. This is the reason why I am not sharing her name or picture. I cannot add to her trauma by sharing her face.

Understanding her wishes, I am, however, forced to write and ask for help, not for me but to try to save her life.

I hope you will understand the reasons why I have to speak up.

We are at a total breaking point.

My husband has been out of work since June 2025.

I am the only one bringing in a salary; however, it’s just not enough to cover the medical bills and our daily life. Until today, we used the entire monthly salary, plus all of our saving to cover specialised care, medications, daily needs and rent. The three of us currently live in a 1-bedroom apartment.

We are behind on our rent. Our savings are gone. My husband was refused Government support benefits, as I do have a job, but I am the only one with a salary that is no longer enough to cover necessities. He applied for a Carer benefit payment, but we are waiting, we have been waiting, and this can take months...months we do not have.

We’ve found a specialist in Italy who helped treat people with similar symptoms, and we need to get her there now.

This trip is the only thing left that gives her a reason to hope. But we do not have the funds to buy a ticket for her, and pay for medications, doctor's fees, tests and basic living expenses.

I never thought I would ask strangers for money. I never asked for charity. But this is the last hope, and I must do whatever I can to save her. To give her back the life she lost. Even if just the hope of it.

We need $18,000 to get her to Italy, pay for the tests that will finally give us an answer, and keep the roof over our heads.

I’m a mother who will do anything to save her child.

If you can’t donate, please just share this. I just want my daughter back.

Thank you to all for your kindness and time.

Mum