THUNDER BAY – A Go Fund Me page for an eight-year old Thunder Bay girl with a rare disease has raised more than $15,000 to help cover the cost of her parents’ living expenses after the youngster undergoes a bone-marrow operation in southern Ontario.
Lilly Savage earlier this winter was diagnosed with aplastic anemia, meaning her body doesn’t produce enough blood cells.
She’s in desperate need of a bone-marrow transplant, a procedure not available in her hometown.
The family will have to live in southern Ontario for several months while Lilly, who needs an extensive round of chemotherapy ahead of the transplant, recovers from her surgery. Lilly’s stay-at-home mother and her father, a resident at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, will face an enormous financial burden, with many of the expenses not covered by the province.
Her younger brother Jamie has been identified as an identical bone-marrow match.
The Go Fund Me target has been set a $25,000.
