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Outpouring of support after Evie Weir gains her angel wings
There has been an outpouring of support for Evie Weir's family, after the six-year-old tragically lost her battle with cancer.
Evie's mother Sarah shared the news in a post on Facebook saying that Evie had "gained her angel wings".
"Our beautiful Evie Grace passed away this morning. She was peaceful and surrounded by her family in bed," Sarah wrote.
"No more scans, needles, headaches, tumours or hospital, baby girl."
"We will miss her so much, and our lives will never be the same again. She truly was an Angel. We don’t know how we will live without her, but we will cherish the beautiful memories we made with her."
Diagnosed with neuroblastoma when she was just two, brave Evie has been fighting to beat cancer for the past four years, suffering multiple relapses. Her parents Sarah and Joshua were hoping for a miracle when she was put on a trial treatment in September.
But in a devastating turn of events, Sarah revealed last week the trial did not work and Evie’s cancer had spread to a point where they had exhausted all treatment options available.
“It has taken me a while to be able to share this, as it’s a post I desperately hoped I would never have to write,” Sarah shared on her blog Pray4Evie.
“After 4.5 years of praying, hoping, riding the highs and lows, we feel devastated, disappointed and exhausted.”
Scans revealed a tumour in Evie’s head had failed to shrink and the disease had spread into her bones. Instead doctors focused on managing her pain and the family spent their last loving moments together at Bear Cottage.
“It’s been incredibly difficult and heartbreaking,” Sarah told Be. “But the love and support has been truly incredible and overwhelming. We feel so loved.”
In a sign of true Aussie spirit, family, friends and complete strangers, have banded together to help the Weir family through this incredibly difficult time by setting up a Gofundme account.
The fundraiser was set up by Kathy Murray, who met Evie when she was employed to work with her as a support person during preschool.
“She was such a loving and adorable child to watch her suffer is breaking my heart,” Kathy tells Be.
“Evie's mum and dad and big sister are the most precious, caring and giving people you could ever meet.”
Amid all the chaos and heartache, the family have always thought of others, starting ‘Evie's Army’ to participate in the Run2Cure Neuroblastoma. Sarah has also hosted several High Tea's for a High Cause to raise funds for the Kids Cancer Project. They have asked for donations instead of flowers at Evie's funeral to be held on Friday.
“Now it is our turn to reach out and do something to help them at this very difficult time,” Kathy tells us.
“I want them to have funds available to enjoy this festive season together and to ease the financial burden.”
It was August 2013 when Evie started her first round of treatment, which lasted for 14 months. Follow-up scans showed the cancer had returned almost immediately and at three and a half years old, Evie had neurosurgery and another eight months of chemotherapy.
Her second relapse came in September 2015 but after further radiation treatment her condition improve significantly and she enjoyed a year completely free from hospitals. Sadly, in January of this year new tumours had appeared and Evie, who was just about to start school, suffered her third relapse.
“It’s hard, it’s depressing and it’s one of the worst things you can go through especially as a parent, because your job is to protect your kids. You feel so helpless,” Sarah told Be in September.
“It’s a very real possibility that we could lose her and I’ve learnt to allow myself to feel that but not dwell on it.
“But we’re not there yet and if I dwell on that for too long I will miss what’s going on right now.”
In just under two days the campaign has already been able to raise almost $22,000 for the Penrith, NSW, family and Sarah says the support has been overwhelming.
“We are trying to take each day as it comes, one hour at a time,” she says.
“But we have been reminded there is still so much good in this world, and that although this can feel like a very lonely road, we are far from being alone.”
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