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4 Tuesday July 11 2017 Latest Christchurch news at www. .kiwi News SOUTHERN VIEW Countdown to supermarket Countdown‘s upcoming appeal will help provide equipment for patients using Christchurch Hospital’s paediatric and neo-natal services. Sarla Donovan visited cancer sufferer, eightyear-old Jacob Matua, who benefits from the equipment JACOB MATUA has visited this place many times. He’s in the Children’s Haematology and Oncology Centre in the Riverside building at Christchurch Hospital, where’s he’s hooked up to an infusion pump dispensing the medicine he needs. It’ll be 10pm before this day’s treatment is over. After the eight-year-old started getting “headaches and tummy pain, neck pain, arm pain,” at the end of last year, a cancer diagnosis followed, along with nearly three months in hospital, getting treatment. Now he comes in for shorter stays – four days this time – and is crossing his fingers that he WHAT A SMILE: Eight-year-old Jacob Matua, with nurse Lucy Stephenson, is using equipment that was purchased with money from the Countdown Kids Hospital Appeal. PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER can return to his Clyde Rd home tomorrow. Jacob’s not well enough to attend his school, Burnside Primary, at the moment. He couldn’t even eat his birthday chocolate cake in May: “Because sometimes I don’t eat,” he said. Charge nurse manager Chrissy Bond lightens the mood: “I wish I could say that!” The nurses play cards with him, including memory and skip bo. Lucy Stephenson, who is supervising today, says he’s quite the card shark. “I win every time,” Jacob says with a grin. His aunt Ula Faamoe sits with him, too, giving his mum – who has four other children including twin three-year-old’s – a break. She says he’s well at the moment: “The best I’ve seen him since starting the chemotherapy. He’s making great progress.” Beside his bed, a tall pump stand holds all kinds of medicines and beeping equipment. The $5000 stand is one of four in the centre, purchased with money from the Countdown Kids Hospital Appeal in 2013. Mrs Bond said it holds five to six pumps and keeps the medicines stable, as well as allowing nurses to easily read information on screens attached to the pumps. “DHBs find equipment like this hard to fund, because we can ‘make do’ with inferior (devices). It isn’t essential, but it just makes everybody’s life easier,” she said. BRIGGS AUTO SERVICE LET US SERVICE yOUR VEhICLE And REdUCE yOUR RUnnInG COSTS your local trusted automotive service and repair specialists 332-0140 | 242 Barrington Street Kerry Briggs | Blair Shewan National Bear & Doll Show Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th July 2017 Canterbury Caledonian Hall. 5 Michelle Road, Wigram, Christchurch Times: 10am-4pm Adults $5.00 Children (under 12) $3.00 Children (under 5) FREE Family (2 A + 2 C) $13.00 No EFTPOS available We’ve been trusted to look after hundreds of properties all over Christchurch. You can trust us to look after your’s too. Property Manager of the Year NZ 2015/16 Ray Hastie Manager 027 448 8225 Nicola Flanagan Property Manager 021 914 332 Abbey Nolan Property Manager 027 379 5021 Paula Hastie - Rebekah Whalley Assistant Property Accounts Administrator Manager 03 331 6755 Nominated for Ray White New Zealand Property Management Office of the Year, 2016/17 Local Experts – Citywide Knowledge Phone (03) 331 6755 www.propertymanagementchristchurch.com Prier Manson Real Estate Ltd Licensed (REAA 2008)
SOUTHERN VIEW Latest Christchurch news at www. .kiwi Tuesday July 11 2017 5 appeal Last year’s appeal raised $123,270 for Christchurch Hospital’s paediatric wards and neo-natal unit. Countdown Kids Hospital Appeal chairwoman Ruth Krippner says most kiwi kids will visit hospital at some stage in their childhood. She said Countdown is proud to play a part in helping provide these hospitals with the equipment needed to treat illness and injury. “Whether it’s a one off visit for a minor injury or a lengthy stay for a serious illness, most New Zealand children will have a brush with a children’s hospital ward at some point– just like this family,” Ms Krippner said. “Thanks to the generosity of How to donate •To donate to the appeal, visit your local Countdown and donate at the checkout or purchase a Kids Hospital Appeal wristband or raffle ticket •Contributions can be made at any Countdown, including the Colombo St and Eastgate Shopping Centre stores •The appeal has raised more than $10.4 million since it began in 2007 •It fundraises for 11 children’s hospitals around New Zealand, including Christchurch Hospital •It runs from August 7 until October 29 our customers and the fundraising efforts of the Countdown teams, we’re able to help provide hospitals with the much neededequipment to treat thousands of Kiwi kids. Last year, we raised more than $1.1 million, and we’re hoping to do the same this year.” Meanwhile, Jacob is busy putting on his “best face” for the photographer. “Does a picture come out of that?” he asks. Hundreds of knitted poppies to mark century since WW1 KNITTED POPPIES have been on display throughout the Linwood Library – thanks to Vonnie Kondra who put her knitting needles to work to make 300 of them. The city libraries got involved with a Government-run programme called WW100 – which marks the centenary of World War 1. One of the library staff suggested getting the community to make poppies for a display. Ms Kondra got involved in the project after her friend sent her to the library to get knitting and crochet patterns for poppies. She decided to pick up her needles and help out with the project – but she didn’t just make one or two, she made 360. Although she started out with her own wool, it didn’t take long before the Woolston Community Centre donated $50 towards more wool, with others donating wool as well. Some members of her family were involved in WW1 in France, Palestine and El- Alamein, which made it a very KNIT: Vonnie Kondra dedicated her time to making 360 poppies for the library’s World War 1 display. special experience knitting for her. Ms Kondra used to knit for her son and said this project was a good way to “get back into it”. She took them to the Linwood Library, where some of them were put on display and others were made into wreaths, which were dropped off to a nearby Returned Services Association. Ms Kondra is a member of the Woolston Community Centre, volunteers at the Ferry Rd Charity Barn, is a helper with the Edmonds Factory Gardens and is also a packer for the Linwood Fruit & Vege Co-op. Oh, what’s all that grumbling and cursing coming from the living room? He will struggle... It’s Dad he’s doing a jigsaw! This is ridiculous! it’s faulty, there’s clearly pieces missing AND it’s packed poorly AND it’s the wrong picture on the box to throw you! these puzzles are DUDS, we can’t sell these! They’re all DUDS! Jigsaws Two for $ 25 Limited Stock (19.99 each) I swapped the boxes! he thinks he’s doing the Titanic, BUT he’s got the pieces for Wills and Kate and baby George! you go and have a lay down, let me have a look! It’s great to be indoors! All your winter reading, puzzles, games, toys and a whole lot more. AhhH, yes, A nice cup of tea and a bit of patience wins in the end! Ha, ha! quick, tell Mum, it’s not fair to play a trick on her... The Adams Family of Paperplus Barringtons.
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