Twins joy for mother four months after losing son to aggressive tumour
0 Jennifer Ure Stewart with son Luke who died in July A grieving mum whose eightyear-old terminally-ill son died from an aggressive brain tumour in July has given birth to twins.
Jennifer Ure Stewart gave birth to a boy and a girl last week, saying she knew her son Luke was “there every step of the way”.
The youngster from Tranent captured the hearts of the local community after being diagnosed with a brain tumour known as diffuse intrinsic pontine giloma (DIPG) in January 2017.
A Justgiving page Help Luke raised an incredible £187,000. Ms Stewart used the money to give their son ground-breaking treatment in Mexico to prolong his life.
The mother, who is married to Mark and has two other boys Lewis, aged six, and two-year-old Lochlin, posted on Facebook that Luke had picked names for “his beautiful babies that were due in the world” and had joined her for the first few scans.
Leo Luke Stewart was born on 27 November at 12:12pm weighing 5lb 4oz. His twin sister Lucie Jean followed at 12:15pm, topping the scales at 6lb 9oz.
Ms Stewart posted: “Hello everyone xx. “It’s been 21 painful, emotional, devastating weeks since I last held my beautiful baby boy. I miss him every second & wish I could have Santa bring him back.
“No parent or family should have to go through this yet they do everyday xx.
“In Luke’s final few months he picked names for his beautiful babies that were due into the world, he joined me for my first few scans, was so excited when there was not 1 but 2, me & Mark were in shock.
“Last Tuesday 20 weeks after losing our beautiful boy his wish of having his twins & a sister happened, I know he was there every step of the way.”
Ms Stewart made nine trips to the Monterrey Vale Clinic in Mexico where Luke received 14 sets of treatment after being given only six months to live by doctors in Scotland. However, the youngster defied the odds before succumbing to the effects of pneumonia at the Rachel House Hospice in Kinross in July.