We need to raise these funds urgently so that our beautiful niece Daya can have lifesaving treatment not available on the NHS.

This is Daya’s story:

Daya is a fun loving 23-month-old toddler, who is smiley, cheeky, strong and resilient. When she was just eleven months old, Daya was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a rare and aggressive cancer, after a huge mass was discovered in her abdomen. Further tests confirmed that the cancer had spread quickly to her lymphatic system and bones. 

After eight rounds of chemotherapy and countless nights in hospital with complications and infections in between rounds, Daya’s parents were told that the main tumour was inoperable due to its highly dangerous position. It meant Daya went through a ninth round of high-dose chemotherapy at Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital. One of the most challenging phases in her treatment schedule, Daya was confined to an isolation room at hospital for six weeks. She’s already been battling cancer for over half her little life and has spent the majority of this time away from her family. 

Daya’s mum, Pamela says: “Watching your child suffer through round after round of chemotherapy and its awful side effects is excruciating and any parent’s worst nightmare.” Despite such intensive treatment, survival rates for young people with high-risk neuroblastoma are around 40%. If a child relapses, this rate reduces even further to less than a 1 in 10 chance of surviving five years. It all means that Daya’s family has looked overseas. They are now raising £362,000 for surgery in New York to remove the remaining neuroblastoma tumour. 

Pamela has been writing a blog since Daya’s diagnosis last year, which you can read here:

https://mythreelittlebears.wordpress.com/

This is a short video from Daya’s parents:

https://play.buto.tv/KR2y3

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Best wishes

Jas and Indi

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