Maddisons Wishes ❤️

This is my little princess Maddison she is 7 years old maddie was diagnosed back in 2013 with a condition called Neurofibromatosis type 1 and Optic Pathway Gliomas small brain tumour which are non cancerous she had 18 months of chemotherapy which shrank the tumours but unfortunately damaged the left optic nerve which has seriously decreased the vision in her left eye. all was fine for a while the tumour was manageable and didn't change in size and was being monitored every 6 months thru MRI scans and no further treatment was needed. Then in December 2016 from out of no where Maddison started having seizures this scared the life out of us as she's never had these before and at one point she had a cluster of 4 and stopped breathing for a few mins this was the longest few mins of my life trying to get her breathing again whilst dealing with her seizure she is now medicated and the seizures are under control we went for tests EEG, ECG, Heart Scans and an MRI on 31st December 2016 which showed white sections on the brain consistent with having a stroke she had slight weakness to her left side which would kind of explain things a little this was followed up with another MRI on 20th January 2017 we were expecting to see a reduction in the white mist on the scan as you would expect following a stroke but this was not the case a tumour was present very small around the size of a 5p coin more tests was ordered bloods etc and a repeat MRI before a decision of treatment was decided we had another MRI on 31st January 2017 this showed the tumour had grown to the size of a plum due to the rapid growth of this tumour in just 11days it was decided to do a craniotomy to remove the bulk of the tumour and do some tests to see what it was this happened on Monday 6th February 2017 followed by an MRI scan on Thursday 9th February 2017 to make sure the operation went well and there was no post op bleeding from the brain surgery on Friday 10th February 2017 we got the results from the operation, The tests done on the tumour etc and its been confirmed that Maddison has a type of cancer called Glioblastoma Multiforme an aggressive grade 4 type cancer that spreads and multiplies rapidly its normally found in adults over the age of 50 and is unusual to be found in a child . On this day our world fell apart being told your child has cancer is bad enough she has been thru 18 months of chemo previously for a non cancerous tumour and that was treatable this time devastation has hit Maddison has to undergo 6 weeks of intense radiotherapy and chemotherapy 5x a week to try and blast the cancer cells that were left when the bulk of the tumour were removed followed by chemotherapy 5x in a week every 4 weeks. Due to the nature of Glioblastoma Multiforme and the rate it grows and spreads without treatment Maddison would not survive the next 3 months however there is a 20% chance that with treatment and if she responds well then she will have her life extended to at least 12 months maybe more there are no guarantees that the treatment will work or that the tumour won't regrow even during treatment but while there is that 20% chance that she will make it thru we have to try treatment or live with a lifetime of regret and wondering what if . I've opened this page to try and help raise funds to make whatever time we have left with our princess fun and enjoyable to take her on days out, meet her favourite frozen characters, go to the seaside if she's well enough, whatever she wants we want her to have it we don't want to have to say no as we don't have the funds to do it for her. I've now stopped working and given up my shop & my business as a self employed florist to care for her full time and over the next few months we will be practically living at Hospital during treatment so financially things are going to be difficult.