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I am writing this for my dear friend Danielle. In February 2023 her then 16 year old daughter Issy was diagnosed with metastatic Ewings sarcoma, a rare and aggressive bone cancer. She had bilateral femoral disease, as well as disease in her pelvis & lungs. Issy endured 14 gruelling rounds of chemotherapy, 33 sessions of radiotherapy, and had surgery before being given the all clear at the end of 2023.

Sadly, Issy was not cancer free for long and it returned in her hip and pelvis in June 2024. Issy began to fight again, undergoing further chemo & a stem cell harvest in preparation for high dose chemo. After 3 rounds of chemo, they learned that Issy’s cancer was progressing therefore chemo was stopped and she instead had radiotherapy.

The family recently received the devastating news that this ferocious cancer has now spread to several areas of Issy’s spine and the decision was taken to discontinue radiotherapy because continuing would be futile. This means that Issy is now terminally ill, and the family do not know how much time they have left with Issy.

Issy is a beautiful, bright, intelligent, exceedingly kind soul who has missed out on so much of her all-important youth to battle this cruel illness. Even in the face of this diagnosis, she still remains positive and carries a smile and continues to be as strong as she can be.

But for all her positivity she will need intensive care and the hard decision has been made that Danielle and her husband will need time off work to care for Issy and make the most of what precious time Issy has left.

So I am asking for donations to help relieve some of the financial pressures the family are facing, to allow them to maybe finish some of Issy’s bucket list, to make their remaining time together as special as possible, to take some very much needed time off work to create long lasting memories, and to help cover funeral expenses when that horribly sad time comes.