On the 31st October at The Ship pub on Croydon High St, I will be doing a fundraiser for MIllie, we have a raffle and some splendid prizes, however if you can't make the event please donate on here no matter how small it is all helps, thank you so much for taking the time to read Milles story let's help make the little darling smile...

Here is her story grab a cuppa and have a read...

On the 6th October 2015 Millie was taken to the doctors by her mother

Emma, Millie had been complaining of a headache which she had 2 days

previous and the doctors were unable to find a cause, she was

reccomended to attend the opticians where she visited on the 10th

October, it was found that Millie had swelling behind her eye and was

sent urgently to St George's Hospital for further examination.

Upon arrival Millie had an immediate CT scan which unfortunately

showed that she had an abnormality on her brain. From here onwards

Millie was admitted in hospital for further examination and

unfortunately it was discovered that Millie had a brain tumour, which

had attached itself onto the stem of her brain. Millie underwent a

grueling ten and a half hours of brain surgery to remove majority of

the tumour, however due to the tumour being attached to the stem of

her brain some of the tumour had to remain.

Sadly the procedure caused Millie to lose all ability on the left side

of her body and she had to undergo further surgery to place an Airway

Trachestomy into her throat, Millie was unable to breathe or eat

independently and consequently she also had to have a feeding tube

placed into her stomach. In the space of weeks Millie went from a very

normal and happy little girl with such a bright future ahead of her to

a girl whos life would never be the same again. From here it seemed

there was one thing after another, Millie had to undergo more brain

surgery. It seemed that all of the strain and damage her poor little

body had gone through, Millies brain fluid was not draining like it

should have and therefore a shunt needed to be fitted into hear head.

All in all Millie was admitted to St George's Hospital for six months

and was then admitted to the Children's Trust for a further nine

months.

In September 2016 Millie had her first MRI Scan after all of the

surgery that she had undertaken, it was here we discovered that the

brain tumour had grown once again. Millie then had to undergo a

special radiotherapy treatment which she was required to have everyday

for six weeks. With Christmas fast approaching we was told that Millie

would be able to return home in the new year, she was able to have her

oxygen and other equipment with her in the comfort of her home. Millie

returned home on the 14th January 2017, her mother Emma gave up on her

employment to care for her daughter 24/7 with the help of a day carer

and night nurse. Sadly, Millie is unable to be left alone at any point

due to her Tracheotomy.

We are now trying to raise as much money as we can so that Millie can

recieve private neuro physiotherapy treatment at The Portland

Hospital. This treatment is extremely expensive and after all that she

has been through this is the least that she deserves. We would love

nothing more than for Millie and her mums dream to be able to walk

along together, side by side to come true.