Successful treatment of CGD with bone marrow transplant – Celebrating Sophie and Hailey!
On the 21st March 2015, Kylie Smith, mum to Sophie and Hailey posted on her Facebook timeline: “Sophie has been diagnosed with Chronic Granulomatous Disorder (CGD). This is a rare inherited disorder, so Hailey is being tested on Thursday. This explains why she gets sick so often.” Eight years later, and both girls are back […]
Congratulations to nursing scholarship recipient Abby Fyfe!
We are thrilled to announce that Arrow Nursing Scholarship recipient Abby Fyfe recently completed her Master of Cancer and Haematology Nursing through the University of Sydney with a distinction average. Well done, Abby! Abby, who was awarded the Arrow Trace Richey Nursing Scholarship in 2020, works as an Oncology Clinical Nurse Consultant at Macquarie University […]
Patient support program doubles this year with support from the Liverpool Catholic Club
Our attendance at the recent BLOOD Conference was a runaway success. How do we know? Because since then, we have built new relationships with many social workers across several new hospitals, and the number of families who have asked us for financial assistance has doubled. What a terrific outcome! A doubling of the number of […]
Scholarships for nurses: the Professor Geoffrey Driscoll nursing scholarship goes to Townsville!
Each year Arrow offers scholarships for nurses to further their education in the field of bone marrow transplant patient care. We are thrilled to announce the latest recipient of the Professor Geoffrey Driscoll Nursing Scholarship: Lauren Buckland from Townsville Hospital. As a young nurse, Lauren thought she would never work in the field of […]
Paddling for bone marrow transplant research
High Achiever. That’s an apt description for Wennie van Lint. He has been an academic (Head of Department, no less), has had a football career including a couple of games with South Melbourne (now known as Sydney Swans) and is currently a Leader in finance and economics with GHD Advisory. And what does that have […]
Leukathon 2022 funding BMT research
“It’s what mates do.” That’s what Cameron Haynes says of his involvement in the Leukathon, a gruelling long-distance challenge that raises funds for bone marrow transplant (BMT) research. “We were reeling from the news about Luke, and we wanted to do something to help.” Luke (Chappo) Chapman was a fit and healthy young man, “a […]
Living with Primary Myelofibrosis – A conversation with Emma
It was soon after the birth of her second child that Emma’s unusually high platelet count was noticed for the first time, and just 2 months later she was told she had Essential Thrombocythemia, usually diagnosed in people much older than Emma. Here’s Emma’s story: Can you tell me, Emma, how you were first […]
Not your boring everyday snail mail – Thank you card from a paediatric bone marrow transplant recipient
Bills. Rates notices. Junk mail. That’s the kind of mail we all deal with every day. This, though. THIS is not your everyday kind of mail, and it’s the kind of mail we love here at Arrow. This is the card that Raf sent. Raf is seven, a paediatric bone marrow transplant recipient, and has […]
Success for Arrow at BLOOD 2022
We attended the BLOOD conference (organised by HSANZ, the Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand) for the first time this year, and it was a great success for Arrow! The conference in Sydney was attended by over 1000 clinicians, nurses and scientists, and gave us the opportunity to reconnect with our existing hospital networks face […]
Settle down, get married, have kids. That’s how life goes, right?
Settle down, get married, have kids, endure the sleepless nights, kiss the bruises better, console them for lost first loves, support them through high school and uni. Watch them settle down, get married, have kids… And so it goes, right? Not always. For so many families, the joy and comfort found in the mundane routines […]
Update on Phoebe & Caitlin, two of our nursing scholarship recipients
Caitlin Mulcahy has been busy lately juggling a hectic worklife, studying and getting married! As a recipient of Arrow’s Professor Geoffrey Driscoll nursing scholarship, Caitlin has recently completed her Graduate Certificate of Cancer Nursing. A thirst for knowledge and a passion for nursing means Caitlin’s plans do not stop there. Caitlin says “I have now […]
Liverpool Catholic Club supporting medical research for over six years.
Thank you to long term supporters Liverpool Catholic Club who have donated an amazing $70,000 to the Arrow Bone Marrow Transplant Foundation. Liverpool Catholic Club have been supporting Arrow for over six years. This recent donation brings their total contribution to Arrow’s bone marrow and stem cell research programs to over $250,000 resulting in significant […]