5 year old little girl with rare cancer appeal

chrisma232

Hello,
I was wondering if you could help in anyway possible with our urgent appeal.There is a little 5 year old girl called Niamh and she's battling a rare form of cancer called Neuroblastoma.She is local to me in Wellingborough,Northants and her family have been told there is nothing in the Uk that can help now and her only chance is lifesaving treatment in America which costs £450,000 which needs to be raised for her to recieve her lifesaving treatment.
She is the most amazing little girl and so very brave,she's been through so much and still has a smile on her face.

We are trying to get her story and appeal out to as many people, as we can as the sooner she can have her treatment the better.Her family are doing everything they can even selling all their own belongings and it's heartbreaking for them to see their little girl going through this illness just knowing that it's the amount of funds needed holding them back.We are working tirelessly to raise the money for her because if she can bravely fight on then we won't give up doing all we can either.

Here is a bit more about her story..

Niamh was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive childhood cancer called Neuroblastoma (Stage 4 High Risk) just before Christmas 2010 when she was just 3 years old. Since then Niamh has spent countless days and nights in hospital for treatment that has included Rapid Cojec Chemotherapy, a 4 hour operation to remove the tumor which was located on her adrenal gland, high dose chemotherapy and stem cell transplant and 14 treatments of Radiotherapy. On top of this there have been lots of blood and platelet transfusions, lots and lots of scans and general hospital visits and loads of time away from home.
Despite all this Niamh still remains the happiest, kindest, most caring little girl you will ever meet. She is always smiling and loves a huggle with her big sister Hannah or her mummy and daddy.
Things were going really well with Niamhs treatment and she started big school in September. Life was getting back to normal, well sort of. In November 2011 plans were put into place to start the final antibody treatment called Anti GD2. This gives the biggest hope of keeping the Neuroblastoma away for good. After nearly 1 year of treatment there was light at the end of the tunnel for Niamhs family.The hospital carried out all of the usual pre- treatment MIBG & MRI scans and the bone marrow biopsies. Two days before going into hospital for the Anti GD2 Niamh's parents got a phone call from the hospital that broke their hearts all over again. The cancer had come back...
Niamh started 2 new types of Chemotherapy in November 2011 and is going to be re-staged in January 2012 to see what and where we go next in the battle to save our little girl. We know we can't save her in the UK so we need to go to the USA to save her life

If you would kindly like to donate and help save this brave little girl's life her donation page is here.Or if u know anyone who could help please let us know or pass it on for me.It would mean the world to us

http://www.justgiving.com/NiamhsNextStep - to donate any amount online

If your in the UK simply text CURE50 followed by £1, £2, £5 or £10 to 70070

Her own website and story including pictures are here
http://www.niamhsnextstep.com/our-story.html
Kind regards
Lisa

squoog

My own little girl, Niamh 6, has just been diagnosed with nephroblastoma. We are still reeling from shock and my heart goes out to Niamh Curry and her family.
I hope and pray people will donate any amount no matter how small and that Niamh will get her chance of successful treatment. i will keep her in my thoughts, please update and let us know how she is doing. X