Carina's Courageous Cancer Battle

At just 28 years of age, Carina Camilleri is a much loved daughter, sister, aunty, wife and mother. Carina and her husband Justin have 3 beautiful sons- 3 year old Luca, 2 year old Hudson and 3 month old Jayden. Anyone who knows Carina, knows her as somebody that is incredibly compassionate, considerate, humble and caring. She constantly puts the needs of others before her own. Carina is a selfless mother to her three boys and she is completely devoted to looking after them. The boys love, adore and NEED their Mummy.

Shortly after giving birth to her youngest son Jayden, Carina began suffering pain in her nose and teeth. She sought treatment and was misdiagnosed with sinus problems. Further scans revealed that Carina had a tumour. The tumour was removed and the biopsy found that it was cancerous. When her youngest son Jayden was just 9 weeks of age, Carina's world was turned upside down when she received the devastating diagnosis of Stage 4 NUT Midline Carcinoma, a very rare and aggressive form of cancer.

One of Carina's best chances to help fight the cancer and prevent it from spreading any further is 2 doses of immunotherapy along with 2 doses of chemotherapy each cycle. Carina will be having a cycle every 3 weeks. This particular treatment is not subsidised and is very expensive, costing a minimum of $13,000 per treatment (this can be higher if a higher dosage is required). Carina will need a minimum of at least 6 treatments, possibly more depending on how successful these sessions are.

Carina's husband Justin runs his own business. Since Carina's diagnosis he has been forced to downsize his business and take time off work to ensure he is able to care for his wife and 3 children while Carina undergoes her treatment.

As always, Carina is putting her children first and is facing this challenge full of faith, optimism and complete courage. She is absolutely DETERMINED to give everything she has to proving the doctors wrong and fighting this awful disease so that she can be there for her three beautiful boys, husband and family.

Carina's four sisters and family have set up this fundraising page in the hope of supporting the family during this incredibly difficult time, to cover the cost of the immunotherapy, and relieve some pressure due to the loss of income incurred from Justin being home to take care of their family.

Any donation, however small, will make a huge difference and will be greatly appreciated by Carina and her loving family. If you are unable to make a monetary donation, we ask that you please help by sharing this page and keeping Carina and her young family in your thoughts and prayers. Thank you for all of your love and support.