A Scots mum whose nine-year-old son had to wait three years for specialist mental health support said she was “left to her own devices”.
11.06.2022 - 06:53 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A devastated mum has spoken of her anguish after her young daughter was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour.
Little Faye Taylor, nine, first took unwell on Sunday May 15 when her left arm became disfigured and her left leg turned inwards.
Frantic mum Elaine, 50, was convinced Faye was having a stroke and immediately contacted NHS24 after noticing her child was struggling to walk.
Faye was rushed to nearby Wishaw General Hospital before being later transferred to Yorkhill Hospital, where her family were delivered the devastating news on May 19 following an MRI scan.
Heartbroken Elaine told the Record: "I never expected this to happen. Never in a million years.
"Faye had no symptoms before that day. This came completely out of the blue.
"I really thought they were going to tell me she had a childhood stroke, or cerebral palsy, or even MS.
"But then they sent a taxi to pick up my husband, Gary, who was at home looking after the kids.
"It was after he arrived that they told us - that Faye had a brain tumour.
"The doctors did a biopsy after seeing the it on the MRI and the results came back that she had aggressive stage 4 cancer.
"They can't operate because the tumour is so deep and they told us that chemo isn't an option."
As Elaine, Gary and Faye's siblings Lewis, 15, Jodie, 14 and Harvey, 11, struggle to process her diagnosis, the Wishaw mum told how the family can only watch on in pain as their youngest member deteriorates before their eyes.
She added: "Faye was always the one who would do anything to help anyone, but now we need to help her with everything.
"Her left side is numb and she can only walk short distances, but then she tires very easily and has to use a wheelchair.
"And she used to be so independent and so
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