The Fail family have been part of our dancing school and the Irish Dancing community for many years. The youngest member of the family, Daisy, can be seen at feis’ around the region supporting her big sister, Scarlett. Daisy is 3 years of age and until recently was perfectly fit and well. She began to have problems going to the toilet and was then treated by the doctor for constipation. After 4 days the problem seemed to be getting worse and she was sent to Durham Hospital for an ultrasound on her bladder. Since that day life for the Fail family changed forever. The doctors found a huge tumor in her pelvic area and sadly the tumour is malignant. Daisy has since remained in Ward 4 at the Children’s Cancer Ward in the RVI Hospital. Daisy’s consultant and all the staff have been amazing and they are doing everything in their power to treat it and beat it! The plan now is for 9 rounds of chemo to shrink the tumour so it becomes small enough to surgically remove. Following that will come the radiotherapy to zap the area around the tumour to ensure they get it all. The family have also been told her tumor may require proton beam treatment which is only available in the USA (Jacksonville, Florida) and are awaiting the doctors’ decision as to whether or not this will help Daisy. The journey ahead is long but Daisy is fighting this with everything she has. We would like to ask for your help to ease the financial burden on this poor family so we can assist in easing some of their worries while they dedicate themselves fully to Daisy and her recovery. On behalf of the Fail family, they would like to thank everyone for their kind messages and words of support over the past few weeks and the would like to say a huge thank you in advance for your kindness.

Here’s to beating cancer with Daisy!!!! xxx