You’ve been my sunshine on the darkest of days
Tumour mum’s moving diary
A MUM who discovered she was pregnant the same week she was told she had a brain tumour has revealed the letters and diary she wrote for her baby and husband in case she died.
Amy Mitchell, 34, was scheduled for surgery to remove the walnutshaped tumour the day after she gave birth. But in the end it was delayed so she could bond with her baby.
Terrified she might not survive the 14- hour operation, she wrote to her supermarket manager husband Craig, 42: “Please promise me that our beautiful baby girl will know just how much I love her. You have both been my sunshine on the darkest of days.”
In a diary entry written for her unborn tot, she told her about her decision to continue her pregnancy despite fact she was risking her life.
“In that moment, I realised how much I loved you already, even though I hadn’t met you yet, and also that I would always put you first even if it put me at risk.” Business manager the
Amy, of Doncaster, gave birth to Darcy on October 28 last year and had the surgery in May.
She said: “I prepared for the worst. I wrote letters to Darcy and Craig, which I still find too upsetting to read. And I kept a diary for Darcy so she could know she was loved.” Amy’s symptoms began during her honeymoon after marrying Craig in March 2018. But she put being “foggyheaded” and the rushing noise in her ears down to a head cold. A year later an MRI scan revealed she had a 3cm acoustic neuroma – a benign tumour.
She is about to start radiotherapy to shrink what is left of the tumour and is working with Brain Tumour Research on its petition for increased national investment.
Go to braintumourresearch. org/ campaigning/ brain- tumourresearch- petition