Hudson Maher Foundation

 

When your child's life is at stake, living expenses should be the furthest thing from your mind.

It's hard to imagine anything more heartwrenchingly painful than discovering your child was suffering from a life-threatening disease.

 

Yet, for some people, this trauma can be made even more difficult to cope with by the acute financial pressures that can arise when seeking the necessary medical treatments.

 

While private health cover can help with the treatment itself, there are often a number of associated costs that can stretch parents to breaking point – at a time when they may be forced to cease work indefinitely and hence stop earning an income.

 

This is where the Hudson Maher Foundation can help.

Practical, day-to-day financial assistance in times of extreme need.

 

For parents of children needing life saving bone marrow transplants, the Hudson Maher Foundation can provide financial support to help cover associated costs of specialist medical treatment, such as:

From heartbreak to hope: the Mahers' personal journey

In late 2003, South Australian basketballer Brett Maher, Adelaide 36ers captain and multi-Olympian, and his wife Tanya tragically lost their little boy, Hudson.

 

Hudson was diagnosed with a rare bone marrow disease called Haemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) when just 3 months old. Compounding the situation, the specialist treatment he required was available only in Sydney, so the Mahers had no choice but to take on the considerable cost and disheaval of temporarily relocating.

 

Sadly, of course, Hudson lost his brave fight. But despite Brett and Tanya's grief, they were deeply touched by the incredible support and assistance given them by the South Australian public during his illness.

 

And their lasting appreciation has inspired them to help others cope, financially and emotionally, with similar crises in their own lives, through the Hudson Maher Foundation..