Hayley Callinan

This is Hayley. One of the loveliest, happiest, caring and gorgeous teenagers you’ll ever meet. She’s also a great road trip buddy and I need her back on her feet ASAP! Sadly, Hayley has a tumor in her hip called Ewing Sarcoma.

This beautiful soul, Hayley, at 14 years old has already undergone numerous invasive procedures, that no 14-year-old should ever have to go through. The tough decisions no 14-year-old girl should have to make on top of many rounds of chemo already. But that’s not it, she will soon have to undergo a 10 hour long surgery to remove part of her pelvis that contains the tumor and it will be replaced with a new prosthetic one. Hayley will then be in a plaster cast for a minimum of 6 weeks covering both legs and it will come up to her waist. She’ll also continue with her chemo, and probably radiation therapy, all whilst being immobile from the plaster cast.

Throughout all of this, Hayley has been nothing short of amazing. She’s just so bright and positive and tackles every hurdle that comes her way. She is the same Hayley as before, she just now has cancer. In fact you wouldn’t even know she has cancer apart from her hair loss!

Financially the family are taking a big hit. Her mum Sally has had to stop full-time work to care for Hayley and her dad Brad also has to take time off on a regular basis.

This doesn’t look like ending anytime soon either, as recovery from this major operation is likely to last for months and months.

Sally and Brad have not asked for this fundraiser or for financial support.

But I know personally how hard they are copping it. We all want to help them somehow but we can’t magically fix Hayley. We can however, make a donation (big or small) to take the pressure off the family and they can just concentrate on the most important thing of all, and that’s Hayley and her recovery.

Sally, Brad, Hayden and Hayley are nothing short of amazing and if this was happening to another child they would not hesitate to lend any assistance. Let’s give em our support x

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