PLEASE HELP ME GET MY DAD HOME ❤️

Hello my name is Nikita, I'm one of 9 kids speaking on behalf of my father who unfortunately is unable to speak for himself.

On the 10th of may our family found out that my father had been diagnosed with one of the most aggressive cancers there is; pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Unfortunately my dad was not fit enough to make it through the Whipple's procedure and now is at a point where due to how rapidly progressive and aggressive this cancer is he is now at a point where he is unable to go through with chemo or other treatment avenues.

Now, I can not physically drain the pain and agony he lives with each and every day and best believe if I had the opportunity to trade places with my father I would do so in a heart beat. However all I have to run off is getting my dad home to his home land to be surrounded by his family to ease his transition into "end of life" phase which is approaching awfully fast.

Up until the Monday the 31st of July I was told getting my dad home was near impossible. But me being my father's daughter I refused to take no for an answer. I reached out to the ministry of health in Canberra as well as New Zealand consulate High Commission to get his situation heard from an indigenous perspective to stress the cultural significance of getting my dad home and they have all jumped on board which brings me to my next battle: the funding.

I did not come all this way to be told he may not be able to get home now because we can't afford an $80K medical evac to get him from Royal Adelaide hospital to Middlemore Auckland hospital in New Zealand.

My dad is now in Royal Adelaide hospital residing in the palliative care unit in which he will remain if I am unable to help make his dying wish come true.

My dad is my idol. My dad moved mountains to get us here to have a better lifestyle for my siblings and myself. I will move mountains to get my best friend home. If that is truly his last desire I will beg the world to be heard if it means to get him home.

My dad has been my biggest supporter, number one best friend and sacrificed his whole life to give us what he could and I wish to repay that by helping him get home. My dad's words to me to keep me pushing were "Daughter, I do not want to fall asleep in Australia. Let me sleep back home in NZ with our whanau." I will move heaven on earth to fulfill his dying wish.

To add to all this stress my Nana Minema is grieving for her son, who she hasn't seen in 16 years and has only just found out about her sons condition due to her health also rapidly declining. This very may well be the last opportunity for a mother and son to spend together and I don't want to deprive either of them from having that closure with each other before passing on.

My dad is a man of his word and I gave him my word that I would get him home. I have come to terms with what's about to happen I can see it in my dad's eyes. I gave him my word to get him home and that's what I push through my emotions each day to help him get closer to the end goal and although it's within reach, $80K makes it seem so much further than it actually is.

Please help me get my dad home. By making a donation not only are you contributing to his dying wish you are helping me and family one step closer to getting my dad home.

All the sleepless nights, all of the tears and constant state of fear would be worth it if it means I can put him on a flight back home.

If you are unable to help financially please share the page around so we can get his story out there amongst the community.

My dad is my absolute world. Everything I have in me was instilled by this man. I will use it however I need to if it means getting him home.

Getting him home is important because we have siblings in new Zealand who haven't seen my dad in over a decade. The cultural significance behind getting him home means my dad doesn't have to roam this earth searching for us. If we can get him home he can rest.

Please help me get my father home. ❤️❤️❤️