The extended family of Wyndham Vale’s Alex Miller is doing all it can to make 2014 a memorable year.
In October, the four-year-old was diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, a rare and incurable brain tumour in the middle of the brain stem which affects only children.
Only about three cases are seen by doctors at the Royal Children’s Hospital each year. Alex was the second child diagnosed in 2013.
Since her diagnosis, Alex has endured six weeks of intense radiation therapy in a bid to stunt the tumour’s growth.
Doctors have told her parents, Andrew and Eva, she may only have 12 months to live.
To help the Millers give Alex as many happy experiences as possible, members of her extended family are organising a fund-raiser at the Altona Lacrosse Club on Sunday, February 9.
The event is being organised by Alex’s aunts, Susan and Liz Kukucka, and her cousin, Susie Struhs.
Ms Struhs said the women wanted to do all they could to help “a beautiful little girl”.
“The Miller family have approximately 12 months to create a lifetime of memories with Alex, so we are putting this event together to assist them to do exactly that,” she said.
The event will include children’s activities, rides, a jumping castle, face-painting and live and silent auctions. It will run from 10am-4pm.
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