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Iʼve raised £14,470 to pay for treatment for 7 Year Old Kaleigh Lau who has been diagnosed with a rare and inoperable brain tumour called DIPG
- London, United Kingdom
- Funded on Wednesday, 31st May 2017
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Our friend's, Scott Lau's little daughter Kaleigh, who is only 7 years old, has been diagnosed with DIPG (Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma) an incurable brain tumour last year April 2016 and while she was doing remarkably well through 2016, sadly beginning of this year things have taken a turn for the worst.
Presently, there is no cure for DIPG and the only treatment available is radiotherapy, which is a palliative treatment developed over 30 years ago. Unfortunately, whereas other cancer research has improved survival rates over the years, the lack of funding for DIPG means there has been no improvement in this area
The tumour has started to grow and radiotherapy and other medicines have not helped to stop her condition deteriorating. Day by day Kaleigh is getting worse, her eyes have not recovered and she is seeing double, she is still able to walk but getting very unbalanced.
Unfortunately there is nothing else the UK can offer Kaleigh, so the family has made the life changing decision to pack their life and go to Mexico where there is a new intra-arterial chemotherapy treatment that seems to be promising to children with this condition.
Comes to no surprise this is going to a very expensive trip, but understandably Scott and his wife are prepared to do whatever it takes to save their daughter's life.
To help Scott we have decided to help raise some funds. We are a bunch of lads from Essex and will be getting our Legs Waxed. Yes I Know....
If you can spare any cash, let that be small change, a price of a coffee or a larger amount, please help them and donate whatever you can.
Donations will be used to fund the treatments of drugs but also flights and accommodation and therapies required by Kaleigh in the immediate future and going forward.
For more information and up-to-date news on Kaleigh please visit http://kaleigh.ethanet.co.uk/
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- 7 years ago
The Great Essex Leg Wax
7 years agoThanks You to all the people who donated. Amazing support and this money will pay for an IA Treatment which has already given Kaleigh a change in life after only one treatment. The Event will begin tomorrow and please watch the Live Facebook Stream starting at 12pm tomorrow (Sunday 21st May) https://www.facebook.com/Kaleighstrust/ Once again. We all live to say a big thank you.. I hope you enjoy the video and pictures
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- 8 years ago
The Great Essex Leg Wax
8 years agoHi All, First of all. I like to say a big THANK YOU to all the supports and donations. Really do appreciate it. When we started the Leg Waxing Event we would never had dreamed of raising more than £5,000. We have since achieved £10,000 and that's fantastic...We have a few weeks to go and I want to try and reach a new target of £15,000, which will just pay for one IA Treatment for Kaleigh. Here is a breakdown of the Next Treatment (£25,000): 1. IA treatment - £13,000 (second treatment) 2. Immunotherapy - £12,000 (first treatment)
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- 8 years ago
The Great Essex Leg Wax
8 years agoFantastic Achievement to reach the 5K Target so early on. I want to raise £10k because it will almost pay for one IA Treatment for Kaleigh. Thank You for all the Support and Donations. Very much appreciated !!!!
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331
Wayne Samson
May 31, 2017
From Wayne. Ash horsfall and another client
£100.00
Andrew Higgs
May 31, 2017
Sorry I'm late with the donating, I wasn't around for the KIM Software group donation. Good luck with the treatment. From Andy and Kerry Higgs
£20.00
George Moussios
May 31, 2017
Wishing you success with the new treatment.
£20.00
Anonymous
May 30, 2017
Tony, Louisa, Georgina, Carol, Liz and Kim at Exterior Plas
£35.40
Andrew Manning
May 30, 2017
I was challenging some of the braver lads £100 to wax all sorts of painful parts on the day but then I had to shoot off, so I'm chucking my £100 in now.
£100.00
Gavin LeMar
May 30, 2017
£10.00
Sin Man
May 28, 2017
Donation from Vincent Carey's work mates @Pace Engineering - well done everyone!
£90.00
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The Great Essex Leg Wax
London, United Kingdom
We are a bunch of lads from Essex who have know Scott since teenagers. We just want to help a friend in need. Kaleigh deserves every chance of leading a normal life.