Give me five for kids?
Is it just me or does everyone think a sick child is the worst type of pain ever inflicted?
We’re almost two weeks into Mix FM’s Give Me Five For Kids, an annual campaign to raise cash for the children’s ward at Nambour General Hospital. Our target this year is 200 thousand dollars in a month. It’s a big call, but I want to tell you why we do it.
Last week, I met a beautiful couple. I don’t actually have permission to tell their story, but I’m scared they’ll say no if I ask, so I’m taking a punt. Trust me, I write this with the deepest respect and awe.
Almost two years ago to the day, our gorgeous pair (they are actually very good looking, but that’s not why I think they’re gorgeous) gave birth to a big beautiful baby boy, who I think, looked just like his Dad. They named him Kai.
When Kai was four days old, he threw a tantrum, just like my four day old babies threw tantrums and probably yours too. Little Kai just lost it.
The difference with Kai though, was within minutes of those first screams, he was fighting for his life.
Dr Wayne Harris (if you’ve been to the children’s ward you’ll know he’s the busy bloke in the Daffy Duck tie) picked it. Just as Kai’s eyes blew red, Dr Harris diagnosed an intra-cranial bleed and called for burr hole surgery. That’s right, a hole drilled into the side of that four day old baby’s head, to relieve the pressure of the bleed and save his life. It worked. Kai survived, albeit with some brain damage and the subsequent diagnosis of severe haemophilia. Kai and his parents have since spent more than 150 nights in hospital.
But don’t let that be the end of the story. Kai is exquisite. He is a big, smiley, curly headed boy who likes to keep his mum close and his dad covered in kisses. He has parents who understand his disease intimately and take amazing care of their baby boy. Just leaning too hard on his fist will cause an internal bleed in Kai’s knuckles. Can you imagine try to stop a two year old from banging a toy or throwing back his head when he doesn’t get his own way?
Kai’s parent’s love is pure and uncomplicated. It is beautiful to watch. But sometimes, sadly, love isn’t enough, this family also needs a first class second home, and that’s Ward 3E at Nambour General Hospital.
Mix Fm’s Give Me Five For Kids is for the coast’s most precious people, sick kids, just like Kai, and their families.
We’re almost two weeks into Mix FM’s Give Me Five For Kids, an annual campaign to raise cash for the children’s ward at Nambour General Hospital. Our target this year is 200 thousand dollars in a month. It’s a big call, but I want to tell you why we do it.
Last week, I met a beautiful couple. I don’t actually have permission to tell their story, but I’m scared they’ll say no if I ask, so I’m taking a punt. Trust me, I write this with the deepest respect and awe.
Almost two years ago to the day, our gorgeous pair (they are actually very good looking, but that’s not why I think they’re gorgeous) gave birth to a big beautiful baby boy, who I think, looked just like his Dad. They named him Kai.
When Kai was four days old, he threw a tantrum, just like my four day old babies threw tantrums and probably yours too. Little Kai just lost it.
The difference with Kai though, was within minutes of those first screams, he was fighting for his life.
Dr Wayne Harris (if you’ve been to the children’s ward you’ll know he’s the busy bloke in the Daffy Duck tie) picked it. Just as Kai’s eyes blew red, Dr Harris diagnosed an intra-cranial bleed and called for burr hole surgery. That’s right, a hole drilled into the side of that four day old baby’s head, to relieve the pressure of the bleed and save his life. It worked. Kai survived, albeit with some brain damage and the subsequent diagnosis of severe haemophilia. Kai and his parents have since spent more than 150 nights in hospital.
But don’t let that be the end of the story. Kai is exquisite. He is a big, smiley, curly headed boy who likes to keep his mum close and his dad covered in kisses. He has parents who understand his disease intimately and take amazing care of their baby boy. Just leaning too hard on his fist will cause an internal bleed in Kai’s knuckles. Can you imagine try to stop a two year old from banging a toy or throwing back his head when he doesn’t get his own way?
Kai’s parent’s love is pure and uncomplicated. It is beautiful to watch. But sometimes, sadly, love isn’t enough, this family also needs a first class second home, and that’s Ward 3E at Nambour General Hospital.
Mix Fm’s Give Me Five For Kids is for the coast’s most precious people, sick kids, just like Kai, and their families.
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