We are raising funds for National Asthma Council Australia in memory of Makenzi Smart 28/09/2001-15/02/2022.

From Makenzi's Mum - Kirstie xxx

"As most of you know my beautiful girl Makenzi Smart aged 20 years young suffered a fatal asthma attack on the 13th of February 2022. This happened in the early hours of the morning after celebrating her brothers 18th birthday party at our farm. My husband Wayne Van Den Dolder and I had gone to bed and had been asleep for only 2 hours when a few of Makenzis friends came and woke us up to tell us Makenzi (Kenno) was having an asthma attack. She had been a severe asthmatic since the age of 3.

I went up to where the last party goers were and I knew we were in trouble. An ambulance was called but I knew she wasn’t going to make it. So I put her up into her best friend Shauna Wellings Ute so we could try and meet the ambulance but she died right there in my arms. The paramedics turned up and started CPR, with the help of approximately 20 of Makenzis and Jack Vandendolders friends helping by holding torches and assisting where possible.

After 40 minutes they got a light pulse and a helicopter landed in our paddock and Makenzi was taken to Monash Clayton. Both myself and Wayne and her other parents Hayden Smart and Dannii Williams rushed to Melbourne to be by her side. The medical team were amazing and very caring of Kenno and also us, making sure we knew exactly what was happening.

Makenzi was on life support for the next 2 days and was too unstable to be taken for any tests but the doctors informed us that after 40 minutes deprived of oxygen the outcome was not going to be good.. Late in the afternoon of the 14th the scans showed that our special baby girl was brain dead and there was no hope of recovery- we made the decision to donate her organs as she had always been a giver and this was her last final gift. I got to have one last nap with her on the 15th Feb, our favourite thing to do together before she was taken to surgery.

September is Asthma Awareness month and our very wonderful friends Renee Kemp and Chris Kemp from the Yarragon Hotel are donating all proceeds from their Friday night raffles during September to the Asthma Awareness Foundation. So make sure to get there and buy some tickets so more research can be done.

Please feel free to share the link to this CrowdRaiser page to your friends and family. The more people who can help the better.

Thank you