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“SHE is going to be the one to beat it.” It is the mentality that has driven young Mackay parents to remain strong as their daughter battles a debilitating condition. Mia McEldowney was diagnosed with a brain tumour in June, flipping the family’s life on its head. She was told she had nine months to live. Six months on, the eight-year-old’s condition has suffered further, and her outlook from a medical standpoint has not changed.
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BRACING for the unpredictable has become second nature to Victoria Harris. Such is the terrifying nature of her daughter’s health condition, she is on tenterhooks day and night. But there will be fewer sleepless nights ahead now that five-year-old Gracie Rupert is in line to have a support dog watching over her. Gracie has been diagnosed with a rare genetic epilepsy disorder – CDKL5, which affects only 600 people worldwide. Because the onset of her seizures are random, her parents often go without sleep to ensure a night-time incident does not turn into something more sinister. https://www.dailymercury.com.au/news/seniors-struggle-with-health-costs-but-whos-to-bla/3913400/
WHEN Charlie Symons’s late wife was battling ovarian cancer, the increasing cost of private health care was a difficult burden to bear. Despite being on “the highest cover there is”, the vice president of Mackay District Senior Citizens Club said he was still paying out of his own pocket to keep up with his wife’s escalating treatment demands. “Some of the things people don’t realise is, at that time, she had to have a PET scan every three days and dear old Medicare only allowed two a month – and they were $900 each,” Mr Symons said. “She had that for nearly six weeks.” The cancer tragically claimed Mrs Symons’ life in 2012. The out-of-pocket expenses were in addition to what Mr Symons paid for private health insurance. |
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