Why I’m doing Jeans for Genes
When Naomi and Adam’s confident young toddler suddenly
stopped walking one day – they never imagined the nightmare that would follow
and hearing the words that every parent dreads.
“I walked into the hospital room and Adam said they would
like to rule out the worst case scenario, which was leukaemia,’’ Naomi said.
“And at that point everything stops.”
One day Harrison just stopped walking, complained of a sore
leg, and developed a temperature. They were told by their GP to monitor him and
if he didn’t improve to go to hospital. It was after being up with Harrison in
pain, all night, that they called an ambulance.
“The haematology team came in and spoke to us,” Adam said.
“They explained ‘this is what we're searching for, it's going to be cancer
potentially’. And soon as you hear that word, you know, it's never a good word
for any parent to hear.”
It was genetic testing that revealed Harrison had acute
myeloid leukaemia (AML) a cancer of the blood and bone marrow.
Adam said the research that helps oncologists choose the
course of treatment is vital.
“The time the doctors took to get it right was definitely
really important because we got the right treatment for Harrison, and it
worked. Had this information not been known and we had started on a different
treatment plan - who knows -he might not be here today.”
“For Harrison, given the complexity of his cancer, and how
difficult he was to diagnose, to have him respond so well to treatment – to be
in complete remission after six weeks – that was beyond anything that we had
ever thought.”
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My Impact
So far this year I helped provide...
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Hours of research
For every $50 raised, one hour of research is funded
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Jean-ius Donor
$655
Thank you so much to my biggest supporter, Honey Bears Early Learning Centre, for donating an incredible $655 to help fund vital research into curing children’s genetic diseases.
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All the best for achieving all your goals! You can do this!
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Ayesha And William
You mighty warrior Harrison! Hoping our contribution helps other children to have the same outcome as you 💕
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Isaac Kim
What a champion and what a great cause. Well done on the victory Harrison!
