OUR BATTLE WITH LUEKEMIA

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Raising funds for: MITCHELL JONES
Two months ago my husband started feeling unusual chest pains. He had a scan and the hospital gave him the all clear but recommended a CT scan just to make sure. They found large tumor in his chest and they were able to successfully remove most of it. We waited weeks for the biopsy to comeback and when it did it was not what we expected. It showed a very rare form of Luekemia that had the doctors unsure of how to treat it. Right now the diagnosis is Acute Myeloid Luekemia with some unusual variations. This is a very serious disease and he will be in the hospital for the next 6 months for treatment and transfusions. If that is successful there is another 1-2 years recovery and treatment to follow. This has left us all beyond devastated. Our house is not a home without Mitch. Not only do we miss his physical presence but his financial contribution to our household too. Me and Max (our 6yr old) are entering a terribly uncertain time. I can't work much as I will be caring for Mitch both in and out of hospital and need to care for our son. We are asking for help in this dark time. There are so many friends and family who keep telling us "let us know what you need" - so this is our way of doing that. We need money to keep our house, to keep dinners and school lunches flowing, to pay the non stop bills and everything that comes with just existing. Please send us love and support in any way you can. Home cooked meals and coffee beans will help too! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts, The Jones'
Update
07 Sep 2023
Hello friends, As I write this I am in St Vincent's hospital just starting my stem cell transplant procedure which is expected to take around 30 days in hospital then another 60 days staying in Sydney for close monitoring. The last leg of the race, the final stage, the boss battle has started. I was lucky to be matched with a German bone marrow donor from the international registry after my brother and sister were not suitable matches for the procedure. After a huge operation and 6 months of chemotherapy the doctors are satisfied that the leukemia tumour is in remission, but now they need to basically replace my immune system with the donor's to be able to fight the cancer and make sure it doesn't come back. Not gonna lie, it's been a pretty shitty year, so much time away from my family and being pummelled and poisoned into what feels like a shadow of my former self - just looking at photos from a year ago I'm almost unrecognisable. While I've become used to getting through it all on a day to day basis, it's quite overwhelming to reflect on as a whole. I've hit some real low points along the way, but I've also found a lot of strength, resilience and acceptance towards our blips of existence in the universe, and how precious those little blips are. Tomorrow I receive my donor's stem cells and hopefully if all goes to plan without complications I could be outta here in 3 weeks, so right now most of my fear and heartache has turned to hope and gratitude. The love and help from everyone around me making this second chance possible goes beyond any words of appreciation, but it's what keeps me going, so thank you. Big love, Mitchell
Update
02 Mar 2023
Today was the day Mitch went with the number 1 ????
Update
27 Feb 2023
Hey friends, just wanted to send out a little update and a big thanks to you all. I've been totally overwhelmed (in a good way) with everyone's support and kind words, it's made a massive difference to our family in being able to focus on what's important right now and it's given me a lot of strength to keep fighting knowing that we have so many people in our lives caring for us. It has been about 5 weeks now since the big operation, with 4 of those weeks being in hospital. Healing up pretty well from that and I've pretty much finished my first stage of chemotherapy which has been a bit of a roller coaster ride but seems to be going well. It even looks Like I can even come home for a week or so over the coming days which will be great. My final diagnosis is a Mixed Phenotype Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia and currently being treated in Wollongong Hospital by an amazing team of professors, doctors and nurses. I'm feeling lucky to have the best bunch of friends, family and medical team looking out for me, it really does give me the hope and courage to face this and get through it all. Eternal thanks, Mitch
DONATIONS220
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Chloe Kerr
Sat, 15 Jul 2023
$ 150
$ 150
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Hugo and Tori
Fri, 9 Jun 2023
$ 200
Lots of love from Hugo and Tori
Lots of love from Hugo and Tori
$ 200
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Shaun Kumar
Wed, 17 May 2023
$ 100
Hi Fam! Mitch, I was gutted when I heard the news! You look good mate, keep up the positive thinking. You have a great support network with your lovely wife and son. Demelza reach out if I can help in any way! Lots of love Shaun
Hi Fam! Mitch, I was gutted when I heard the news! You look good mate, keep up the positive thinking. You have a great support network with your lovely wife and son. Demelza reach out if I can help in any way! Lots of love Shaun
$ 100
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Simon Lien
Wed, 10 May 2023
$ 100
$ 100
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Max
Fri, 28 Apr 2023
$ 100
Hope Mitch gets well and recovery very soon! And God will strengthen you all to get through this. Our prayers are with you all.
Hope Mitch gets well and recovery very soon! And God will strengthen you all to get through this. Our prayers are with you all.
$ 100
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Vicki Kha
Sat, 22 Apr 2023
$ 8
$ 8
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Mel
Sat, 15 Apr 2023
$ 94
$ 94
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Gus Kennelly
Tue, 11 Apr 2023
$ 100
$ 100
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michael michael
Tue, 11 Apr 2023
$ 40
Best Wishes
Best Wishes
$ 40
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Paige
Wed, 5 Apr 2023
$ 100
Love from Paige, Lisa and Elli
Love from Paige, Lisa and Elli
$ 100
RAISING FUNDS FOR
MITCHELL JONES
FUNDS BANKED TO:
Demelza Jones

Campaign Creator
DJ
Demelza Jones
Farmborough Heights, NSW
Created Feb 2023

$29,042 raised

From 220 Donations
TARGET $40,000

Please support this cause

AUD
$
RAISING FUNDS FOR
MITCHELL JONES
FUNDS BANKED TO:
Demelza Jones
Campaign Creator
DJ
Demelza Jones
Farmborough Heights, NSW
Created Feb 2023