When You Wish upon a Star – Feighan/Pearson Family

Published: 14th October 2019 Last updated 4 months ago

Summer was diagnosed just after her 2nd Birthday with a brain tumour that affected her hypothalamus and optic nerves she had emergency surgery to debulk most of the tumour but was subsequently registered blind. Three months after surgery we went back to visit Summer’s Consultant and we’re given devastating news the tumour has regrown so Summer started 18 months of weekly chemotherapy. Summer is also growth hormone deficient due to the complex nature of her condition and has had a daily injection for the past six years.

The last few years Summer has remained stable with a small residual tumour remaining. She has been under close follow-up with high’s and low’s along the way but Summer is an absolute inspiration to us and we are so proud of how she has adjusted to life with her visual impairment and learning Braille. She has grown up with hospital being her normality for the past 12 years so we truly appreciate making memories and spending quality time as a family and thanks to Spinney supporting When you Wish upon a Star we have just experienced some lovely days together and are incredibly grateful to both The Spinney the When you Wish Upon a Star Team who are our extended Family.

Kindest regards

Julie, Brent and Family