Former Hi-5 star Tim Harding prays cannabis will save his daughter

Tim Harding spent his career entertaining kids across the country, but now all he wants is to help is little daughter Arielle.

Tim, 37, and his wife Natasha, 31, have done everything they can to manage their daughter’s illness.

Arielle was diagnosed with epilepsy at 15mths old, and suffers between 50 to 100 seizures every day.

Arielle’s epilepsy is drug-resistant and she suffers debilitating side effects – including severe tremors – from most medications, the family are now hoping she will be chosen to trial a new cannabis-derived drug.

‘This is the only relatively natural treatment that has any anecdotal evidence of working,’ Tim explains.

‘Other than the ketogenic diet, which didn’t work, there’s no natural way to treat epilepsy.’

‘We love her so much – she’s an absolute champion. We’re keeping our fingers crossed she gets this treatment so she can live life to the fullest,’ says Tim.

Tim shared on Facebook: “We just need to convince the politicians to back it and the public to change their minds about cannabis.”

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21 Comments

- - ChiWren said
  - 03 Oct 2024
    2:58 pm
I hope they found success with the trial. It’s excellent Australia opened up to medicinal marijuana. I have a family member who works in the medical weed industry and has been amazing things with his patients

- - mom188762 said
  - 10 Jun 2016
    9:19 am
we also have a daughter who suffers these same seizures she is 3 months at the moment and has been suffering them since birth still trying our best to find out as much information as we can about this so our thoughts are with tim and his partner its hard

- - mom101628 said
  - 17 Jan 2016
    10:32 pm
Hope all turns out well for these parents – it would be a hard place to be in watching your daughter have seizures all the time.

- - storm7 said
  - 15 Jan 2016
    5:20 pm
The best of luck to you and your family.

- - pakeko said
  - 04 Jan 2016
    2:56 pm
Its such a hard place to be in and if there is something you can do to help then as a parents you will find a way to help

- - OwlMother said
  - 20 Dec 2015
    12:41 am
Tim Harding isn’t even in this photo. How can no one even realise this. The man in this photo at the bottom is Stevie. They could at least post a photo of Tim. Strange.

As for the article, here’s to hoping the treatment works. I couldn’t even imagine how hard it would be for Tim and Natasha. Makes me look at my children’s trivial health concerns in a different light.

- - Mummytoabeautifulprincess said
  - 06 Dec 2015
    9:58 pm
Poor little possum!

- - mom94125 said
  - 01 Dec 2015
    7:06 pm
yes hope they can help their child either way.

- - mish06 said
  - 29 Nov 2015
    12:18 am
Wishing them the best of luck and they get chosen for the trial.

- - mom61924 said
  - 28 Nov 2015
    11:32 pm
That’s very sad Hope it becomes legal soon

- - mom62167 said
  - 27 Nov 2015
    10:48 am
I can just imagine how devastating it can be for parents to see their child suffering like that. These cannabis trials are certainly needed.

- - taynik46 said
  - 25 Nov 2015
    9:51 am
oh how heartbreaking for Tim and his family – I’m a huge fan of his but I didn’t know anything about his daughter. I hope they get chosen so she can live a more comfortable life – fingers crossed for them

- - mum4107 said
  - 25 Nov 2015
    5:35 am
I hope they get the help they need

- - lilysmum78 said
  - 25 Nov 2015
    12:08 am
All for this, if it helps people, especially children, to live a better quality of life, why aren’t we doing this? Please, if it were your family, you would be voting for it!

- - mom94378 said
  - 24 Nov 2015
    10:31 pm
The push to legalise cannabis oil is growing so fast. Tassie are leading the charge here, it seems to be helping so many people.

- - mom81879 said
  - 24 Nov 2015
    7:55 pm
I’m all for it. To see the difference the cannabis oil makes to these peoples quality of life makes it so worth it. I don’t understand all the fuss,miss medicinal, not what a stoner would pack in his cone to smoke

- - mom90758 said
  - 24 Nov 2015
    3:05 pm
It must be terrible to see your child suffering and not being able to do anything. I would try everything too, if I was in their situation.

- - mom165081 said
  - 24 Nov 2015
    2:45 pm
Epileptic fits are so very stressful and traumatic – how horrible for them. if medicinal cannabis could help, then let the trials begin.

- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 24 Nov 2015
    1:11 pm
The sooner these cannabis trials are started the better. I think cannabis should be legalized for medical purposes.
- cherz replied
  
  24 Nov 2015 , 3:59 pm
  Totally agree with your comment.
  Sending loving wishes and prayers to Arielle and family. xxx
- - shilto02 said
  - 24 Nov 2015
    12:34 pm
My heart goes out to them. How devastating it must be to see your child suffering like that and not be able to do anything about it. These cannabis trials are certainly needed.