As many of you know our lives dramatically changed on 16th September 2024 when Lennon, our 10 year old son was diagnosed with a Brain Tumour after suffering from absent seizures.

Under the wonderful paediatric Neurology team at Addenbrookes hospital, they operated the following week. The team performed a 7 hour (which felt like 77 hours) craniotomy. Luckily he had a full resection. The tumour was a low grade glioma and we are now under surveillance for the next however many years.

Lennon is back to playing football which he drastically missed whilst recovering, he is in school full time and spending time with his friends! He is my hero!

We still have lots of questions, why Lennon? Why did it grow in his brain? Is it hereditary?

More research is needed when it comes to Brain Tumours! We need to find a cure! No family should have to go through what we have.

So I am doing my bit by walking 10,000 steps a day in February!

Lucy xx

Picture is Lennon walking out of hospital 4 days after major brain surgery.

(Sign up and walk, run, hop, skip or jump your way to 10,000 steps every day for a month. You’ll not only reap the health benefits but the wellbeing boost that comes from knowing each small step you take is helping us make strides towards changing outcomes for the one in three people who know someone affected by a brain tumour.)

Step by step, together we will find a cure