Victoria's Trek to Petra

Thanks for taking the time to visit my page.

I am entering a few events this year, firstly on the 

20th February - Winchester 10K

9th April - Stubbington 10K

7th May - Trekking to Petra

16th October - Great South Run

This is all in aid of my niece Sophie, she has been undergoing both radiotherapy and chemotherapy but unfortunately passed away on September 18th.

We were informed Sophie aged 9 had a lump that needed to be removed and the operation was arranged for Thursday (10th September). The operation took 7 hours and the consultant had the awful job of telling my sister that when he operated they found a very different tumour to what it looked like on the MRI. It wasn't stuck to the ovaries at all and they all remain in tact. What he did find was a tumour that had become stuck to parts of Sophie that couldn't be removed. 

He did manage to remove 95% of it but the parts left he couldn't remove without doing long term damage. He explained that it now looked extremely likely this was a very rare soft tissue cancer. We needed to wait until the biopsy came back with confirmation and the grading etc to determine the treatment plan but this was going to be a tougher cancer to fight than the one he originally thought it would be.

Everyday is a struggle at the moment, but the more childhood Cancer is funded the bigger the difference that can be made.