Parenting / 24 January, 2025 / Ellie Thompson
Abigail Derr from Young Lives v Cancer sits down with Jamie and Ellie Thompson to share their heart-wrenching but highly effective story, Billy the Brave: A Family Fight Against DIPG. In this episode, Jamie and Ellie open up about their son Billy’s prognosis with DIPG, a terminal mind most cancers, and the five-month battle that adopted.
Billy The Brave: A Family’s Fight Against DIPG
They focus on the primary signs that raised alarm, the pivotal second that took them to A&E on seventh November 2023, and the shattering actuality of being informed their son wouldn’t survive. Together, they mirror on the challenges of radiotherapy, the emotional toll of steroids, and the way they clung to hope amidst devastating blows.
This is a dialog about resilience, love, and elevating consciousness of DIPG—a deadly illness that’s poorly understood, underfunded and under-researched. Join us as we honour Billy the Brave and the Thompsons’ combat to make a distinction as they launch Billy’s Battalion and plan for his or her subsequent fundraising occasion, Billy’s Bash: A Family Funday.
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Young Lives vs Cancer is the charity that helps youngsters and younger individuals (0-25) and their households discover the power to face no matter most cancers throws at them. Young Lives vs Cancer Specialist Social Workers present sensible and empowering assist,?its?Homes from Home supply households a free place to remain close by to the kid’s hospital and grants assist households to navigate the prices of most cancers.
Abigail Derr
Abby Derr is a Young Lives vs Cancer Specialist Social Work Senior Practitioner based mostly in London. In her position, she helps youngsters and younger individuals with most cancers, and their households, to navigate the affect most cancers can have on the entire household, from funds to being away from college and residential. Abby acquired her grasp’s diploma in Pennsylvania and has beforehand labored within the States as a hospice and palliative care social employee.
Abby has labored in medical social work since 2008 and most lately started working in oncology social work from 2019, when she moved to the UK and started working with the charity.
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