Amy Childs has revealed her family is going through a heartbreaking crisis after her cousin’s baby daughter was diagnsed with an agressive brain tumour.
The TOWIE star, 35, shared the news on her Instagram page, asking her one million followers to share or donate to her cousin’s fundraising page for her five-month-old daughter Lila, who was diagnosed at just three weeks old with AT/RT.
Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumour or AT/RT is a very rare, fast-growing, and highly aggressive cancerous tumour that develops in the brain and spinal cord of children aged three and younger.
Taking to Instagram on Wednesday, Amy shared a screengrab of her cousin Hannah Brincat’s JustGiving page and wrote:
‘Please, if you can, help support my cousin’s beautiful daughter Lila. She’s fighting so hard and every donation makes a difference. Even sharing this means a lot. Thank you all so much.’
On the JustGiving page, Amy’s cousin wrote about Lila’s diagnosis, explaining: ‘Our beautiful little Lila is only 5 months old and been through more in her little life than any adult we know. Our brave girl, our little lion cub.’
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Amy Childs has revealed her family is going through a heartbreaking crisis after her cousin’s baby daughter was diagnsed with an agressive brain tumour
‘Lila was diagnosed at 3 weeks old with ATRT – a rare and aggressive brain tumour. She underwent 9 hour brain surgery at just 3 weeks old, and started chemotherapy at just 5 weeks old. And that is really just the surface.
‘What one tiny baby has endured in her 5 months of life has taught us some serious life lessons.’
‘Lila is the strongest baby girl, already defied all the odds, she has done everything that has been asked of her.. but unfortunately after 6 rounds of chemotherapy, an MRI showed the tumour has returned.
‘We were told that treatment would not continue and we were out of options.’
‘We lived in hospital for 4 months separated from our 3 other children and have been living in a children’s hospice for 2 weeks. Our lives have been turned upside down and we are devastated.’
Hannah explained how the family have reached out to an Oncologist in Toronto who is leading the research on AT/RT and have asked them for a second opinion.
‘We have no idea if there are any options for us, what they could be and how much it might cost us,’ she continued.
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The TOWIE star shared the news on her Instagram page, asking her one million followers to share or donate to her cousin’s fundraising page for her five-month-old daughter Lila
‘The target is therefore completely random – but if by some miracle, they come through with something for us to try and it comes down to finances, we need to be prepared. Time is not on our side.’
Hannah ended the post by explaining that ‘your donations will not go to waste. If our efforts don’t pay off, your donations will be given generously to the lovely charities who have supported us during this time.’
At the time of publication the fundraising page had raised £24,350 of the £25,000 goal.
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