Searches are continuing for a Scots mum who was swept away in a swollen river as she tried to save her beloved dog during stormy weather.
08.11.2022 - 18:01 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A woman told how she was inspired to become a nurse after her mum died from a brain tumour - just two years after being diagnosed.
Siobhan Cunning, 42, lost her mum Christine Mann, 60, to a glioblastoma (GBM) in March 2019. Mum-of-three Christine had non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and required an MRI scan every six months at University Hospital Monklands in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire.
A scan in 2016 revealed the mass on her brain - but medics were not able to operate because it was in such a sensitive location. Siobhan said her mum's diagnosis played in a big part in her decision to become a nurse and she was glad she was alive to see her accepted onto the course.
She is now in her final year of studying nursing at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) in Hamilton and working with the charity Brain Tumour Research.
Mum-of-two Siobhan, from Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, said: "After her diagnosis, Mum just progressively got worse. She was delusional at times, she had some falls and broke her wrist.
"What happened to her made me want to be a nurse. We were told it was a glioblastoma and they wouldn't be able to operate because it was in such a sensitive location."
Christine was told radiotherapy would give her a few more years but she refused the treatment. On February 28, 2019, Christine's condition deteriorated and she was taken to University Hospital Monklands. She died in hospital on March 3, 2019.
Siobhan said: "I was eager for mum to have the treatment and I felt angry with her, but it was her life and her choice. It was the way she wanted to do it and I respected that.
"Mum wanted to see how it went. Mum played such a big part in my decision to study, and I enjoy helping and looking after other people.
"Thankfully
Searches are continuing for a Scots mum who was swept away in a swollen river as she tried to save her beloved dog during stormy weather.
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