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Nathan and Michael: Cancer and never giving up on your dream
“If it wasn’t for the financial support we received from Redkite, I don’t think we would have survived.”
Nathan wants nothing more than to become a professional footy player. His dream was almost cut short when he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) when he was 16 years old. His father, Michael, remembers Nathan’s resolve to never give up on his dream even during the darkest hours of his cancer journey.
For Michael, financial stress was one of the biggest worries during Nathan’s cancer journey. Without financial support, he believes his family would not have survived.
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