Easter 2023 will always be remembered by Steven and Kerrin Everett as a time when their world was turned upside down.
Their beautiful five-year-old daughter Mackenzie was diagnosed with Hepatoblastoma, a rare type of liver cancer found in only as many as 2,000 children each year.
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Since her diagnosis, the Brisbane girl has gone through 58 doses of chemotherapy, 45 surgeries and biopsies, 29 doses of radiation and a liver transplant.
Mackenzie, now aged 7, continues to have a smile on her face and share her kindness with everyone she meets.
“I love meeting new people, love experiencing what I can (and) try to be as kind as I can,” she told www.20304050.best.
After being told there was nothing more that could be done for a curative approach here in Australia, the Everett family are now looking to uproot their lives and move to the United States to continue their fight against, and get rid of, what Mackenzie has dubbed the ‘nasty lumps’.
In terms of life expectancy, the family strongly believes Mackenzie can live a long and healthy life.
Belief is the main drive behind their decision to travel to the ends of the Earth to the find the answers.
“We’ve adopted a family motto of ‘whatever it takes’,” said Kerrin Everett.
“When the rest of us have been struggling to find the strength, she’s got it for us.”

Let’s not forget Mackenzie’s five-year-old brother, Sam, who has and will always worship the ground his sister walks on.
“He’s absolute felt all of the stress and the uncertainty and has had a lot of insecurities out of it all but has also learnt to be very resilient like his big sister,” said Kerrin.
These circumstances have driven the family to start a new foundation named Fartsicorn in honour of the two things Mackenzie loves most: unicorns and farts.
The foundation has two main goals: to build an AI database to find the connecting links within different research and trials that may have easily been missed and to provide education and funding for other families in similar situations.
When asked why the family has started this venture, Mackenzie happily comments “to save other people in the world” and that she “love(s) making everybody smile”.
“Our experience with Mackenzie has shown us just how decentralised the world of medical knowledge is,” her dad said.
“Our goal is to leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) to connect curative concepts that may have never been found through human eyes alone.”
When asked how had manage to teach himself the skills needed for this type of technology, Steven sarcastically commented, “equal part trials, suffering, and Chat GPT”.
Steven has had to do some level of computer coding for various roles, but with the help of AI and ChatGPT, the learning curve is much steeper.
Now with these skills in hand, he is ready to make a difference in the world and bring medical advancements further in sight.
“Through our own development and funding, we’ve confirmed that the technology is capable, all we need now is to raise money to bring it to a more production scale.,” he said.
The family were inspired to pay it forward by the generosity of a regional Victorian community, Little River.
The town of 1500 people embraced Mackenzie’s family with open arms.
At the time, they were living in a caravan behind the pub.
They were camping for free to save money.
The community raised over $50,000 for the family to explore treatment overseas as well as a trip to Disney World’s Animal Kingdom.
“We’ve been very blessed along our travels to meet some truly incredible people,” Mackenzie’s dad said.
A website has now been set up for those wishing to donate to the AI project and education.
You can also follow the family’s journey on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.
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