Koa our Warrior Princess

24/02/2025

One step closer 💛 Starship has requested that Koa’s heart is monitored for 24 hours so we can u derstand more about our darlings baseline. Always smiling my girl x

08/02/2025

Quick hospital visit to check on this persistent rattling from Miss Koa’s chest. She is doing well and now resting at home x

10/01/2025

Koa ripped her nasal tube out so immediately had to take a snap of that gorgeous smile 😚 currently waiting to hear back from Starship Foundation for Koa’s theatre date ❤️🤞🏽

26/12/2024

Thank you New Zealand Air Ambulance Service for taking such great care of me ❤️✈️

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23/12/2024

The biggest heart felt thank you to the team at Sacked Kiwi for this wonderful Christmas gift surprise 🎁 and thank you to our dear friend for nominating our whānau, definitely will enjoy these goodies 😚

14/12/2024

It was the absolute cherry on top to meet All Blacks legend Sam Whitleock and his whānau, just before we were officially discharged 🤩 Got to meet his family and talk to him a bit about our warrior princess Koa 😌 ONE month straight in hospital, have a couple weeks to chill, rest and reset then back to Starship in the new year. Merry Christmas to you all and thank you all who have supported our whānau in one way or another.. truly takes a tribe 🙏🏽

13/12/2024

Koa had the honour of being one of the first to hear one of the next books from the Henry Houdini - Children’s Picture Book series. Read personally from the one and only author Angi Pierce. Koa responded with a few giggles so it was clear Koa gives it the thumbs up 👍 we’re trying to get the paediatric ward here to jump on and purchase a few for the ward ❤️ Angi also crocheted this beautiful puti puti blanket with her too 🌻🪻🌷

13/12/2024

Walked into the hospital cafe this morning and one of the beautiful staff members Danielle made up a bag of Kai from their mahi for me 🥹 just after another lady had just paid for my morning tea bc my payWave wasnt working 🥲 was trying so hard not to be a sooky lala and cry lol. Koa is so favored and loved. Thank you Dani x

12/12/2024

3rd xray down here, meeting with the doctors soon to see if Koa stabilised her blood sugars with the new placement of NG tube 🙏🏽 everyone knows Koa as the cute courageous bubba 😁

12/12/2024

Koa managed to rip her NG tube out yet again 😆 so another fresh one has been inserted. The doctors are hopeful her blood sugars are playing up because of the previous positioning of NG tube.. now it’s a waiting game to see if those blood sugars stabilise and to see if their theory is correct 🙏🏽 I’m grateful to see a bit of rain today, I find it difficult to rest when it’s sunny outside but movies in bed is just what the doctor ordered 🌧️

11/12/2024

An xray was done last night to check the placement of her NG tube. It was moved slightly 4cm so we may have found the reason as to why her blood sugar levels were dropping, due to incorrect placement which was causing a few issues in terms of insulin release ect. After correct placement we will monitor her for another 24 hours. Asses and then see where to from here

11/12/2024

Koa our Warrior has just had a Dexcom monitor inserted which is a continuous glucose monitoring system. It will continuously send glucose readings directly to my phone. This means no more pricks for atleast 10 days (that’s 80 pricks atleast! we have managed to avoid) less pricks less medical trauma 🫶🏽