After complaining of headaches for a short while, we brought Bella Rose to specsavers for an eye examination , during the exam they noticed some swelling on the back of her optic nerve. We were then asked to bring her straight to our ladies hospital. Bella-Rose received a CT scan and a Mri scan. We were then immediately transfered to St Gabriels HDU neurology ward in Temple Street. Neurolgy or Neurosurgery were not words we had heard before. We were met by her Neurosurgeon Dr. Crimmins who explained to us that Bella-Rose had a brain tumour in her cerabelum. Words we will never forget. The next morning she had her first surgery were they put an ETV inside her brain to remove all the fluid that had built up, causing her headaches and tension in her head and neck. The days that followed are a blur as we knew the following week she would undergo life changing brain surgery, which was the tumour removal. On Friday the 24th of June, she went for her surgery. It was the longest day of our lives, she spent 7 hours in surgery and was then transfered to ICU, where she spent the next 24 hours. Our Bella-Rose as dramatic as always was cracking jokes, slagging the doctors and smiling. For the first time in months Bella-Rose looked like herself again, the black bags under her eyes were gone and she was no longer in pain. Our beautiful daughter was back. We will forever be greatful to specsavers in the Ashleaf for advising us to take her straight to the hospital and for Dr. Crimmins, his team and every single person on St Gabriels ward in Temple St for giving our baby a new lease of life. 

I will be doing a sky dive and the Dublin city marathon in October with every penny raised going to the Neurolgy dept in Temple St where they perform life changing Neurosurgery everyday.