Did you know that brain tumours are the biggest cancer killer of children and young adults in the uk? Yet they receive less than 1% of the national spend on cancer research.

Vicky Ringer didn’t either until the day her precious little boy was diagnosed with one. Levi was just six years old when he was diagnosed with a brain tumour on his brain stem and cerebellum. He had been suffering from headaches and dizziness which doctors assured her was due to childhood migraine. How she wishes they had been right.  Levi wasn’t responding to ‘migraine’ medicine and so they pushed for Levi to have a CT scan- after all how can doctor’s know what’s happening in someone’s head without looking? Vicky wanted the scan to rule out anything serious …but it did the opposite. Levi was rushed to hospital and endured a 12 hour operation to de bulk his tumour. Her brave little boy with the big brown eyes, beautiful smile and cheeky personality lost his Power Ranger fight and died in her arms just 6 weeks after diagnosis. He was surrounded by his devastated family. They had lost Levi and now they were lost, their hearts were shattered into a million pieces. How do you even breathe without the little person who means more to you than your own life?

Well they did breathe and they did continue, heart breaking though the journey has been. They decided to start a charity in Levi’s precious memory, to fight against the devastation brain tumours cause. Levi’s Star supports children with brain tumours and their families at a time when their world has been turned upside down. Their three objectives are to:

·         Offers grants to children with brain tumours in the Yorkshire area

·         Raise awareness about this devastating disease

·         Promote research into centres for cures of brain tumours

Please visit their website to find out more www.levisstar.co.uk

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