Annie celebrates Christmas at home

ANNIE and her mum, Shauni Morrissey, are gearing up for a big weekend of Christmas family fun after Annie’s Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia diagnosis in late 2020 has meant spending all major holidays and celebrations in hospital for the past year. Picture: OLIVIA COTTIER 211221oc16

By Portland Observer

December 24, 2021 | 12:41 PM

AFTER a tumultuous year in and out of hospital, one Portland youngster will be spending her first holiday of the year at home.

Three-year-old Annie Pender is set to spend Christmas in Portland tomorrow for the first time since she was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia in November 2020.