In April, Imogen's family and friends came together to watch as her brother and his friend, her father, uncle, grandfather shaved their heads in support of her. Since her diagnosis in February, the support people have show has been incredible: in addition to the money raised for TCT by the 'De-wookie-fication', others have organized independent events to contribute to the fundraising.

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Anyone that knows my sister will tell you that she is normally a very active girl - horseriding and being a stablehand are her two greatest passions - and she is unaccustomed to being 'ill'.

Late last year she started to get pain in her shoulder and we all thought that she had pulled a muscle. But the pain persisted, and then she got some numbness in her arm too. Aftera few weeks she started to get some problems with her right eye and we took her to the GP. That's when the current adventure started.

Imogen bravely endured MRI, bone and CT scans, had a biopsy operation and most recently a bone marrow extract. We learned that she has a condition called 'Ewings sarcoma', which means that she has some malignant tissue in her upper chest. That's the wee beastie that was causing her symptoms by squeezing her nerves.

She is now being looked after by a team at Birmingham Children's hospital, under a very knowledgeable consultant called Dr Morland. She is about to start chemotherapy to get rid of the tumor, and that's a long process. I'm proud to say that she is upbeat and positive about this. In fact she has made us proud since she first put in an appearance in the Westwood family :)

 

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