Zebra Child – short film about Maxi

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Last year, a lovely young film student named Siobhan Singleton, chose a topic that she was passionate about which was raising awareness of the plight of families facing issues surrounding undiagnosed diseases, she made her film about Maxi. So proud of all involved and appreciate all the support and time and effort everyone put in to help complete this.

Zebra Child

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Manningham Leader Newspaper article on Jacob having a Fundraiser for Maxi’s SmartPup at his school

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Article on Super Hero Jacob

Path to a diagnosis – the search for another Maxi begins

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Click on this link below for the latest news on Maxi:

The Shane Warne Foundation Blog update

Hello America!

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It’s been a big week for Maximus, first appearing in this weeks New Idea Magazine, then was on Channel Seven news, and in the Herald Sun Newspaper paper,   A huge thanks to everyone involved and a special thanks to the Shane Warne Foundation and Tom Manwaring who are sponsoring our trip to the Undiagnosed Disease Program.  And huge thanks to all our wonderful supporters.

 

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Seven News Story on Yahoo.com

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I shall be doing a blog for the duration of the trip and here is the link below..

http://www.tswf.com.au/find-a-cure-for-maxi/l

One year since launching this website!

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It has been one year since we launched this website and so many great things have happened since we decided to go public in our plea to find a diagnosis and cure for our son. Hopefully our story and challenges have helped other families in similar situations.

Sadly; we do not yet have a diagnosis, but thankfully Maximus was accepted for evaluation at the National Institute of Health’s Undiagnosed Disease Program in USA.  A dream come true for us.  We’re heading there next month.

This trip would not be possible without the amazing help and support of friends and family, social media networks and organisations like the Shane Warne Foundation, The Melbourne Jewish Charitable Fund, Syndromes Without A Name Australia, The Wilhelm Foundation and many more.

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A wonderful local business where I have been a long term client, have generously offered to raise money for Maxi’s trip, by donating the sales of their organic products for the whole month of April.  Thank you Masci Hair and Spa and thank you everyone for sharing our story and supporting our efforts to help our Maxi.  This is a journey we are not on alone.

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One boy, one world, one fight, one life.

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So, we know there’s more than one,

We know the cure is; none,

We know the answers will come

But maybe too late for some.

We know it’s a road for many,

We know it’s a devastating journey,

We know it’s not that far away,

We know it’s your neighbour, your friend, your Aunt May.

But we don’t know what is wrong,

We fight to stay strong,

We don’t know what to do,

The clock is ticking too.

We don’t know who can fix this,

We don’t know what might be,

We lost something the day we learnt this fate was meant to be.

Our dreams torn away, in a matter of one day.

But our love only grew stronger and more meaningful and sound

We play, we love, we live, we party and rarely let it get us down.

We have taken this in our stride and we reach for the stars, for no matter what? Where? Who? And when?

As long as we’re together, we are happy again.

Our lives have meaning and our moments are rich,

with two cheeky boys and their funny antics

We will never back down, we will keep the flame alight

Creating awareness, and, never giving up the fight.

There is no turning back; it’s our mission, our goal

To save our child, from this deep black hole.

By Yael Cohn

12,000 Thank Yous From Maxi

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12000Thank you to all of our visitors as our Worldwide Awareness counter reaches near 12000 hits.  Our  efforts to diagnose and cure Maximus continues, but since we launched this site, we have met so many new and wonderful people and learned there are so many who share similar challenges, even more who care for us, and many from all walks of life, who have shared advice and ideas to help guide us along the way.  We all thank you for your valuable support, love, prayers and well wishes which keep our hopes and dreams for Maximus alive and kicking.