Helping Katie to beat her rare brain tumour ATRT

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I know everyone is wanting an update and everyone wants to know how Katie is. As you can imagine her family are so upset by everything  happening and needed time to process all of this information…… 

katie had her operation on 22nd of February.  Unfortunately due to complications she has been on a ventilator and needing some assistance since and hasn’t  been able to fully come around yet She suffered a stroke during her operation which has led to other complications. The family are by her side and continue to wait for some progress. As you can understand they are inundated. So if people could be mindful of this as there trying to process all of this too. 

Plans are being put in place for what’s next. 

We hope in the next few days/weeks she will start to make some type of recovery. 

please keep her in your thoughts and prayers

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I know not everyone is aware what my beautiful friend is going through at the minute. But what she has had to endure the past few months in truly heart breaking. Katie hasn’t been well for quite some time and only recently found out she has a rare stage 4 brain tumour called a Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor (ATRT) after a long battle of getting to the bottom of it which has took it toll on her and her family. She is a Fabulous mum of 2 a wonderful friend and a beautiful person and I’ve found myself asking daily why, why her? 




This brain tumour is rare and only ever seen in younger children. 58 people globally  are diagnosed with this tumour with only 2 of them ever being adults. Doctors are unsure and are not able to give a prognosis due to them never ever treating an adult with this type of brain tumour before. So while not only paving the way for others there’s still a lot of uncertainty for her and her family. She is due to have an operation on the 22nd February 2022 to try an remove as much of the tumour as possible. 




The future is still unclear at the minute, she is needing support 24 hours a day, she can’t work and her partner is working were possible while also trying to support her. What we are trying to do is raise vital funds so she can have a break away when she is feeling better but massively to provide provide a financial break to give her some time to not have to worry about bills or money and to be able to just live comfortably. She hasn’t been able to work for months so the impact of this has hit hard. We are going to be holding. A charity night on the 25th of February. 




Anything at all you can donate will be a massive to help to her and a family. No one should have to go through this more so my lovely wonderful friend.




Keep her in your thoughts and prayers




Nicola xx