Stacey Mowle is an 8 year old girl from Gravesend in Kent, and she has stage four Neuroblastoma Cancer. Stacey needs £500,000 for a last chance treatment that is only available in the USA.
Stacey's family wrote the below appeal message last year.
Stacey entered our life on 23rd November 2005, we were very proud
parents and our Son Jake who is football mad was so excited to have a little
baby sister.
We had a wonderful first 4 years as a family, with Stacey reaching all
of her milestones and developing into a little girl, Stacey developed a love
for all things pink and girly, and she loved Disney princess, her absolute
favourite was Rapunzel.
When Stacey was 4 she began to feel unwell, she wasn’t herself and
we knew that something wasn’t right, so we visited our GP. From there we went
to our local hospital where tests revealed that Stacey had a mass in her tummy.
The following day we were transferred to ST Georges Hospital where we
waited for what felt like an eternity, with all kinds of awful possibilities
running through our minds, however when a doctor approached us with a very
serious look on his face we were not prepared for what we heard, our gorgeous
vibrant little girl had Cancer, the worst kind of cancer she could have,
Neuroblastoma, stage four, the final stage.
We were devastated beyond belief, and our whole world fell apart. The
days and weeks that followed were a complete blur. Stacey began Chemotherapy
immediately, and while we hoped for the best we prepared ourselves for the fact
that we could lose our little girl at any moment.
We began to research what Neuroblastoma actually meant, and we very
quickly realised that although the treatment Stacey was undergoing was the best
treatment available to us at the time, the reality of what may lie ahead was
frightening. Neuroblastoma has around an 80% relapse rate and currently there
is no relapse protocol availible in the UK.
On December 12th 2011 we received the most amazing news , After all this time
Stacey had reached remission..........
Sadly Neuroblastoma is a cruel disease and we were aware of the high
chances of a relapse so we started Raise for Stacey to fundraise hoping that we
could raise enough money to help with living costs etc that should we need
to approach a Charity for help with Treatment costs we had some personal
monies to help us.
Unfortunatly that possibility became a reality, as on December 20th 2012
just as Christmas was upon us we were given the devastating news that
Stacey’s cancer had returned, even more aggressively than before.
We researched online and discovered the charity Families Against
Neuroblastoma, and realised we needed to urgently start fundraising for Stacey.
FAN helps families like ours raise the huge sums needed, but rely
heavily on the generosity and support of the general public, especially our
local community.
We are now desperately trying to raise £500,000 the huge sums needed to
afford Stacey the option of further treatment abroad, we don’t have much time
but with your help we can do it.
We hid our tears to give Stacey the best Christmas we possibly could,
and watched her little face light up with all the magic that Christmas brings
to a 7 year old.
Please help us give Stacey the chance to see another Christmas.
Thank you
Warren , Samantha & Jake – Stacey’s Mummy , Daddy & Brother Jake
On December 12th 2011 we received the most amazing news , After all this time Stacey had reached remission..........
Please help us give Stacey the chance to see another Christmas.