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The Christian O’Connell Show

MINI: Adeena's Story

The Christian O’Connell Show

GOLD and iHeart Australia

Music Interviews, Comedy Interviews, Music, Comedy

4.7820 Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

We've just heard the amazing story of Adeena, a young mother diagnosed three years ago with Motor Neuron Disease. We'd love to lend a hand to help her.

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0:00.0

Christian.

0:01.0

Welcome friends to the Christian O'Connell Show podcast.

0:04.0

Let's have a chat with a big-hearted listener called Heidi, who sent me an email over a week ago.

0:11.0

And as soon as I read the email, I thought you need to hear about what Heidi is trying to raise money for.

0:17.0

And I want to do everything we can on the show this week to support that.

0:20.0

Heidi, good morning.

0:22.5

Good morning, Christian.

0:24.0

So, Heidi, tell everyone what you do and about an amazing woman called Adina.

0:30.0

I'm a disability support worker, have been for 15 years.

0:35.3

I care for a young lady and mum of two young children, Adina,

0:41.0

and Adina has got motor neuron disease, MND.

0:47.5

She's had it for three years.

0:49.2

The lifespan is normally three to five years.

0:52.7

The first couple of years of her diagnosis,

0:54.8

we're in COVID lockdown so she couldn't get out.

0:57.6

Now we're allowed out,

0:59.3

and Adina's mobility has decreased that much

1:01.8

that it's actually a struggle for her

1:04.0

to get transferred by Kerry in and out of a normal car.

1:09.0

It's causing her a lot of distress at the moment.

1:12.5

And I had a meeting with her and one of her medical team a couple of weeks ago,

1:18.9

and it really touched my heart because she, that was all the meeting was about

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