Donors raise £80,000 in 8 days to treat Lily McKelvey's brain tumour
Brave - Lily, 6, after her third radiotherapy session DONATIONS have been pouring in over the past week to help a six-year-old girl with a terminal brain tumour. Thousands of people have donated almost £80,000 towards Lily Mckelvey’s online fundraiser since it launched just eight days ago. Lily, who lives in Marks Tey with her parents Elizabeth and Jack, was diagnosed with an extremely rare tumour which grows in the stem of the brain on January 12. The youngster’s condition - known as diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) - is diagnosed in as few as 20 children in the UK each y...
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