Town fan doing charity run.

Hello

On the 12th October I am planning on running from North Staff Hospital, to Alder Hay Children's Hospilal ( 53 miles ). Followed by on Sunday 13th the Liverpool Wirral Half Marathon.

This is WHY. Please take the time, and most of all please HELP rise awareness and DONATE.

At the end of September last year, our beautiful 5 year old Chelsea began waking up complaining of bad heads and sickness. In the mornings her behaviour changed she become very stubborn aggressive and no longer wanted go school, which was unusual as she has always loved school. Chelsea was diagnosed with migraines, over the weeks her symptoms became worse with her left eye sight being affected and she also had a tremor in her left hand. On the 6th November as our concerns grew Her Doctor booked her in for a ct scan at North Staffs hospital that same day.

That was when our whole world came crashing down. Any parents worse nightmare they told us that the CT scan had revealed a Brain tumour. There’s just no words to express how we felt, the staff were really helpful, kind, considerate and very supportive. Chelsea was admitted into hospital immediately and was transferred to Alder Hey hospital the next morning where she had an MRI scan. The scan showed that the tumour had grown on the main blood vessels on the brain which made the removal of the tumour complicated. The next morning Chelsea had her operation where they drained the cyst that had formed and taken a biopsy, she was in theatre for 6 hours and it felt like a life time. A few days later Chelsea was allowed home where we had to wait for the results. A week later we went back to Alder Hey to get the results, they told us that the tumour is a low grade glioma. They told us that because the tumour is on the blood vessels that it would be too much of a risk to remove straight away so they explained that Chelsea will have Chemotherapy to shrink the tumour. After 10 doses of chemo Chelsea had another scan which revealed that the tumour had shrunk and that the blood vessels had been reduced. She continued to have the chemo and had another scan on the 15th March. The results where really good news. It has shrunk some more, but much more the blood vessels going through the tumour have GONE which is really good news. Chelsea is still continuing with the chemo. As she is doing really well on it, she is due her next scan in July. So fingers crossed it continues to shrink.

Chelsea is a kind, loving, bubbly little girl, She is always full of smiles and laughter. Over the last few months Chelsea has grown up so much and we’ve never been so proud of her as we are right now, she’s such a brave and strong little girl. She is our special little princess.

You can also follow us for updates of the charity run on our facebook page: Stoke 2 Liverpool Charity Run

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