A CHARITY raffle has been launched to raise funds for a Northside woman’s cancer treatment.
In April, the Caring For Caroline Medical Trust was officially launched to offer support to Caroline Fagan-Heyenga (32), from Skerries, who suffers from Metastatic Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma.
There are fantastic prizes for the draw, which will take place on July 18, and these include:
?¢ Ryder Cup Tickets – two tickets to the opening day of the Ryder Cup in September.
?¢ Garth Brooks Concert Tickets – corporate hospitality package for two.
?¢ Arranmore Hotel Stay For Two – two nights’ B&B including island flights and transfers.
?¢ Aer Lingus Return Tickets – for two to London, Paris or Amsterdam.
?¢ CityJet Return Tickets – for two to London
?¢ Carton House Gold Package – round of golf for four persons.
?¢ Shrek The Musical Family Tickets – at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre
?¢ Chapter One Restaurant Voucher: e100
?¢ IRFU and Republic of Ireland football signed jerseys.
The cost per ticket is
?¬10 (
?¬50 for six tickets). To obtain tickets, email info@caringforcaroline.org
At the age of nine Caroline was diagnosed with Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma. For over 21 years, she fought tumour after tumour and at various points managed to stabilise the disease.
Throughout her battle Caroline has always led a positive and active life. She married the love of her life, John Heyenga, and has two beautiful children Katie (3) and Claire (2).
In late 2012, she was faced with another hurdle when she discovered her cancer had progressed. It had aggressively spread from her lungs to other parts of her body including her ribs and kidneys.
In January 2013, Caroline began treatment once again. After an extremely tough year her options have become limited having tried all traditional and experimental medical treatments available in Ireland.
Caroline’s best hopes lie in the cutting edge medical treatments available in the United States, and the Trust was set up to raise funds for this treatment.
Her brother, Richard Fagan jnr, told Northside People that the Caring For Caroline campaign is working very well.
“With the help of our doctors in Dublin and the US we hope to soon have new bespoke type of drugs available to assist with holding Caroline’s cancer,
? he said.
“We hope to have answers on the availability of these drugs before travelling back to the US for ongoing review and treatments.
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As Caroline continues her brave battle, donations can be accepted through www.caringforcaroline.org. You can also follow on Facebook: Caring For Caroline and Twitter: @Caring4Caroline