Six months ago Dee Dawson was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer that forms in white blood cells called plasma cells which help fight infections. In multiple myeloma cancerous plasma cells build up in bone marrow where blood cells are made and crowd out healthy blood cells.
Dee has spent the past three weeks in hospital having a stem cell transplant (bone marrow transplant) to slow the cancerous plasma cells.
Her treatment included intense chemotherapy which caused her hair to fall out so she decided to shave off the rest.
A week ago when Dee’s son Harrison finished shaving his mum’s head he said, “Mum, you’re not doing this alone“.
Last Sunday Harrison and about 30 of his mates came together on Noosa River foreshore for a public hair shave and to raise money for Myeloma Australia to find a cure for the cancer.
“I wanted to do this fundraiser to show support to her and others going through similar situations. As of yet myeloma doesn’t have a cure, which means mum will have to do treatment until there is one,“ Harrison said. Join my mates and i with taking a stand to help find the cure and raise funds to do so. Any support goes a long way to finding a cure so don’t miss the opportunity to be apart of something great.“
Two hairdressers donated their time, joining Harrison on stage at Gympie Terrace to shave the heads of his mates who came on board to help.
Dee described their actions as “a beautiful symbol of community and a showcase of the ‘good kids’ we have out there“.
Harrison’s fundraiser for Myeloma Australia has so far raised more than $13,000. To donate visit justgiving.com/page/harrison-dawson-1728300423472
