I have just found this story on the DM, no idea if i am allowed to post it here or not.
www.justgiving.com/SophieRobertsStory#
Our gorgeous daughter Sophie was diagnosed with liver cancer, which had spread to the lungs, in June 2011. This is a cancer that affects only a few children each year. The prognosis for children with this type of cancer is extremely poor at just 30%. Sophie bravely endured 3 rounds of traumatic chemotherapy before having liver surgery on 16th November 2011 when 25% of her liver and the entire primary tumour was removed. She then started a further 4 rounds of chemotherapy to clear the remaining tumours in her lungs and went into remission in March 2012. By this happy time she?d spent over 50 nights in hospital and a ¼ of her life suffering from a life threatening illness.
Unfortunately, our happiness and joy was short lived as the cancer returned aggressively throughout her lungs in early May. Treatment options for this kind of relapse are very limited, and she is currently being treated with new chemotherapy to control the disease. We are documenting our brave girl?s ongoing fight and treatment, to raise £230,000 to help to pay for surgery and to raise awareness of this awful rare disease. The best treatment option for Sophie is surgery; two UK surgery teams have refused to operate but luckily a team at Sloan-Kettering in New York has agreed to offer her life saving surgery. This surgery has to be privately funded by Sophie?s family, so we are asking for help with raising this money.
Her parents, family and close friends have made pledges for approximately £80,000, from various sources such as remortgaging, which should become available in the coming weeks, and we will need all the help we can get to raise the remaining funds. We have already lost several very close family and friends to cancer over the years and will do whatever it takes to ensure we do not lose anymore. Please donate and you?ll keep us fighting and hoping.
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