Brain Tumour facts- 10 things you should know about brain tumours
WHEN Ellie Watts started to feel dizzy at a dress fitting for her mum's wedding, they put it down to dehydration.Ellie had some blood tests, which came back normal, so they assumed her symptoms were nothing to worry about.Her mum Catherine wants to share her daughter's story to help stop other families going through the same pain.
"I hope by sharing Ellie’s story and raising money for Brain Tumour Research other lives can be saved.""She was almost swaying and said she felt a bit unsteady and had been getting dizzy," she said. This seemed to work, Catherine said, but in April Ellie began feeling sick and vomiting "out of nowhere".I burst into tears. I was struggling to breathe and felt so bad that Ellie was having to hold me up when it was her who had the brain tumour"By then she was going out socially and we put it down to something she'd had to eat or drink," she added.Catherine said: "She was strapped up to machines, fitted with a cannula and had her bloods taken.
At her last check-up in July 2023, the family breathed a sigh of relief when doctors confirmed her tumour remained stable.Credit: Brain Tumour Research Catherine, who ran the Norfolk Marathon on April 28, said: "Ellie’s death is a massive loss but she will live on, not just in those people to whom she donated organs but in all those who knew and loved her.", said: "Ellie’s story serves as a stark reminder of the indiscriminate nature of brain tumours, which can affect anyone at any time.
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