Danielle O’Brien was concerned about her 9 month old daughter Charlotte. She wasn’t as ‘smiley’ as usual. She was sleeping much more than before and had a few bruises that just wouldn’t heal.
The local GP told Danielle these symptoms were normal for kids as they started to become more mobile, but Charlotte became increasingly unwell. Danielle finally took her to the local hospital, concerned that she was becoming dehydrated. The doctors took more blood samples and the paediatrician eventually came to tell Charlotte’s parents the bad news… there was something terribly wrong with her blood.
The family was put in an ambulance and sent to the Sydney Children’s Hospital at Randwick, where Charlotte was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia. She was given only a 50% chance of survival and that would require very aggressive treatment.
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Thankyou for sharing your story & congratulations Charlotte with your five years in remission this year. The Pub2Pub Fun Run & Festival sounds wonderful - well done!!
Just wondering if any of the money raised goes to Glioblastoma Multiforme research,( a very aggressive and lethal brain cancer, which can affect children) and if so,what percentage is donated.
Thank you.