Amyah Brown's Tribute Fund

Amyah Joye presented to the hospital with a wobbly gait and slurred speech, after a couple months of change in speech, chronic flakey scalp, and tummy pains, which was dismissed by doctors. A CT scan showed a lesion and we were advised we would be flown to Westmead Children’s Hospital Sydney in the morning for an MRI and to meet with Neuro and Oncology team. A biopsy was performed and the results revealed later that night devastating news to my heart that this was the “bastard cancer”. The next day was Christmas and this was also Amyah's very worst pain she had ever experience, she couldn’t eat because her esophagus had trauma from two GA’s. The following day was Amyah's 7th birthday, 26th December. All presents were still hidden in the cupboard at home in Dubbo. Westmead provided gifts, so she had something and a delivery of flowers and balloon tied to the end of her hospital bed. The next day was the start of radiation treatment, can you imagine 30 sessions! We would be at Westmead until 12th Feb. Flights were cancelled. We were supposed to be going to Singapore and Philippines on the 8th Feb. Amyah was really strong, thanks be to God. Amyah lost some of her ability to talk after radiation, she lost her sparkle. I miss all the normal stuff we do…she would always sit next to me, on me, or follow me around - just her cheeky behaviour, her abilities and attitude to walk up to anyone and talk. Amyah was the student who would wait to leave the class last so she could hug her teacher. Every morning she hugged her besties and carried on with her day — that was Amyah. Team Amyah

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