My 24 year old daughter was living her best life. She had just returned to work after maternity leave. I was enjoying looking after my baby grandson. Then I received a call that would change our lives. She had been taken to the ER after experiencing a seizure. She was previously fit and healthy, had never even been on antibiotics. Within hours we were told she had a brain tumour. At first it was benign and slow growing, then it became stage 2, then 4. A month later, she is facing a high grade, aggressive glioblastoma. In her case, the more rarer version of paediatric type diffuse high grade. She has gone from energetic and full of life to needing a wheelchair. The seizures mean she can’t care for her baby. She had to stop breastfeeding. I left work and I care for her and the baby while her partner works. I am struggling to come to terms with the shock, the grief. I can’t sleep from constant worry. As a nurse, I know more about what she’ll face than I can bear, but most of all, I just can’t bear to lose her. Anyone else have a younger adult facing similar circumstances? She’s 24, but to me she’s still my baby girl
