Support Rosie and her family through brain cancer
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On the 22nd December 2024 our beautiful ice cream-loving dancing queen niece, 4 year old Rosie Hassall, was taken into hospital only for her parents to be told she has a very serious and aggressive inoperable brain tumour.
She'd been suffering from pain in her forehead and slight change in her eye, so they did the right thing and got it checked. It took a while, but they went back for a second opinion and finally got her referred to paediatrics.
She spent 8 days in Alder Hey hospital, Liverpool, and had a biopsy of the tumour. Since then Rosie has lost her balance and needs support throughout the day.
Last week her parents were given the full diagnosis of a 6cm paediatric bithalamic glioma containing a rare genetic abnormality. This is incredibly rare - Alder Hey's pathology lab has only come across one case of this ever before.
They have now been given the heartbreaking news that this cannot be cured and treatment will only prolong her life, and her care has been transferred to the Christie in Manchester. Within the next couple of weeks she will start aggressive radiotherapy under general anaesthetic for 6 weeks, from Monday to Friday. She will be scanned again in a further 8 weeks to see if the treatment has any effect.
While we are all doing our best to support her, we also know that other people want to be able to help Rosie, her brother Charlie, and her parents Charlotte and Stefan navigate this difficult time - so we have set up this page to help.
Helpfully, as well as raising funds and hopefully drawing the attention of any specialists who can help treat Rosie, we can also use this page to update the many people who care about Rosie and what she is going through so that her parents and grandparents can focus on her treatment.
Money we raise through this GoFundMe will help to:
- Get Rosie to and from her appointments
- Support Stefan and Charlotte as they take time off work to care for her
- Help her to enjoy the time she has away from hospital with her family
The funds raised will go directly from GoFundMe to Rosie's parents Charlotte and Stefan.
We are incredibly grateful for any help you are able to offer the family during this immensely difficult time.
Fundraising team: Fundraiser Team (2)
Helen Gaskell
Organizer
England
Charlotte Hassall
Beneficiary
James Gaskell
Team member