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Mackenzie Friedman was formally diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) on Wednesday, 12 May 2021.

This page is run by her Aunties and allows you to offer support to her and her family while they tackle this journey.

01/09/2025

🎗️September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month 🎗️

This month we ask you to be reminded of the strength of this little girl and all other children and families facing a cancer diagnosis.

If you are able we encourage you to please use this month to:

⭐️ consider registering as a bone marrow donor
⭐️ support initiatives that fund childhood cancer research and care
⭐️ donate blood and platelets and
⭐️simply stand in solidarity with families navigating the unimaginable

As an aside - Kenzies chimerism is now at 99%🙏🏼We couldn’t be happier with her health❤️

13/07/2025

Kenz was the perfect flower girl at her Aunty Nikita’s wedding in Spain last month and had the best time dancing the night away with her sister and Daddy.

She was a bit otherwise when she came back, complaining of pains in her legs and so blood tests were moved forward as a precaution. Fortunately they all came back clear and yet again her donor chimerism is at 98%👏🏼

Right now she is enjoying a winter school holiday with her family at the beach while make plans for her to finally meet her donor! We could not be more excited!

Happy holidays all ☀️

17/05/2025

MACK UPDATE

As a result of her last chimerism results, we have been able to push out Kenzies oncology appointments by a couple of weeks and so there is nothing new to report 🙏🏼

Because of her many years of chemo she still has to have regular appointments with various specialists though and this week was the audiologists turn - fortunately there she was also given full marks! 🙌🏼 Today she had her first haircut and blow dry! All ready for her Aunt Nikita’s wedding in Barcelona next week! ⛪️ 🇪🇸

Still waiting on news re her donor and his/her identity but will share soon 🤫

28/04/2025

100%%%%!!!!

And some exciting news coming re her donor…. Stay tuned guys! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

16/04/2025

UPDATE: Mack had a great week in Cape Town over her school holidays supporting her Mommy and Daddy at Two Oceans. Because of this trip her blood tests were pushed out to 7 weeks and took place on Monday. We are happy to report that they all came back clear and now we are just waiting for the result of her chimerism which should take about 10 more days. We will be sure to update you all when this comes in!
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Props to the best blood drawer in all the world - Mack’s favourite: Phophi! 💪🏼💉

Wishing you all a special Easter weekend filled with lots of love and family time. Treasure every second 🙌🏼 🐣🥚🪺

06/03/2025

After 6 terrifying weeks of imagining and stressing about worst case scenarios this little tiger has again shocked us all with her chimerism results coming back at 100%!!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

Don’t ask us how this happens - I don’t think even her doctors know! But what a sigh of relief!

26/02/2025

LIFE 4 LEO - BE THE MATCH, SAVE A LIFE

Please help little Leo who reminds us so much of Mack:

Leo has been diagnosed with MECOM-Associated Syndrome, an extremely rare genetic disorder that causes complete bone marrow failure. There are an estimated 23 known cases worldwide. Leo is the first in South Africa; his specific mutation has never been seen before.

In his short life, Leo has seen 23 medical specialists; has had multiple x-rays, ultrasounds, biopsies, procedures under anaesthetic, 14 blood transfusions (the need for more is ongoing) and an unfathomably high number of blood tests and painful needle pricks.

Leo’s bone marrow can no longer produce red and white blood cells, or platelets. He is reliant on regular blood transfusions to prevent him from having a life-threatening bleed and is at constant risk of severe infection. This is only a temporary fix and Leo’s only chance for survival is a bone marrow transplant.

There are currently no suitably matched donors on any national or international registries. This journey has been devastating and heartbreaking and we are pleading for your help. Leos parents are praying for a miracle and hoping for your support in spreading Leo’s story as far as possible.

If you are between 17 and 55, please register as a bone marrow donor with DKMS. They offer a free service, delivering and collecting a DNA swab kit at your address. It’s simple and painless; Matched donor stem cells are collected by removing, filtering and returning your blood.

Leo is a wonderful, happy little soul with a contagious smile that warms the hearts of all who meet him. Please help us to help him. He’s holding on, but he needs a donor urgently.

If you are eligible, register today, with DKMS or any bone marrow registry in your country and please share this message. The more people who see it, the greater his chances of finding a match.

Thank you for giving Leo a fighting chance.

15/02/2025

Today is International Childhood Cancer Awareness Day.

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 400,000 children and adolescents are diagnosed with cancer each year.

In high-income countries, more than 80% of children with cancer are cured.

In low- and middle-income countries, like South Africa, less than 30% of children with cancer are cured. Mack is nearly at the point where she can be called part of that 30% as survival rates are based on a 5 year period of remission. Many thousands have not been as lucky as her.

Today we will be thinking of all the families still fighting this horrendous fight.

If you would like to show your support for the children and their families battling cancer, please follow our charities of choice: , and of course .

23/01/2025

MACK UPDATE:

Mackenzie has had a great start to her year, including starting with a new teacher and having her first visit to the dentist who gave her a clean bill of health despite all her years of chemo (which is incredible!)

Unfortunately her latest chimerism results show another drop from 100% to 98% to 96% now which is obviously worrying to us as her family but her doctors have said there’s no need to be concerned. We will retest again in 4 weeks time and see how her chimerism is doing then before making any further calls. Hoping and trusting it will stabilize 🙏🏼

30/09/2024

For her last day of school holidays, Kenzie had a full day of doctors visits just to make sure that her years of chemo have not had any negative long term effects.

She started at Dr Hopewell to check her heart function, then went off to get bloods with her favourite Poppy and then on to see Dr N**s who could not be happier with her (as you can see 🤗).

The day ended off with audiology and after nearly 6 hours of appointments she was given a perfectly clear bill of health!

We are so thankful that she is in such good nick. Thank you Dr N**s for always being so thorough! 💛

16/09/2024

Hi guys!

This month is Run for a Reason. This is a cause very close to all of our hearts!

Please keep on running and posting your runs to help encourage a child fighting cancer! Keep the momentum going! 💪🏼

Every one of these special kids needs your love and support 🌈

10/05/2024

Today marks 3 years since that awful day when Dr Dance came in to our room at Sandton Mediclinic to tell us Mackenzie’s diagnosis.

And now - exactly 3 years later, she has been off of chemo and loving life for almost 6 weeks! We are sorry for the radio silence over the past few weeks and truly appreciate all the messages but the truth of the matter is that she has just been lapping up normal life outside of doctors treatments and chemo.

She has her 6 weekly check up with Dr N**s next week where bloods will be done and we will be sure to update you on those results.

For now here are some special moments of her life lately. ❤️

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