A young mum was diagnosed with brain cancer two days after giving birth for the first time.
Doctors discovered the growth in Megan Lavery's head when she fell dramatically ill a few hours after she welcomed healthy baby Roan to the world.
The 21-year-old had been whisked from her home in Glasgow to hospital a day earlier after she started violently vomiting, The Daily Record reported.
At first doctors thought her illness was connected to her pregnancy.
When her sickness continued after the birth on August 13 however, doctors sent her for an MRI scan.
They discovered the brain tumour and sent the young mum on a course of treatment that involved four operations.
She recently received the devastating news that there is nothing more they can do apart from limit its growth.
Megan is now enduring gruelling radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatments five days a week at the Beatson cancer centre in Glasgow.
“Megan is being so strong it’s unbelievable," her mum Denise said.
"She’s never once complained or asked ‘Why me?’
“We have been looking at alternative therapies for Megan and are funding a drug called Penoxal, a natural supplement that has had great results worldwide.
“Since she has been taking it the change in her has been amazing. It’s giving her energy and she’s able to do things with her son."
Despite the gloomy prognosis of her doctors, Megan is not giving up hope.
She is due to meet someone who survived the same tumour and a diagnosis of three months to live back in September 2017.
Encouraged by partner Paul Sweeney, brother Paul and her mum, Megan is also looking at alternative therapies through the private market.
“This is the way forward for Megan but it doesn’t come cheaply," Denise added.
"The average cost of her treatment, including supplements to help with her radiation therapies, is about £300/350 a month which we have been funding ourselves.
“This is why we’re organising this fundraiser.
"We’re not a family who usually asks for help of this nature, but nor are we a family who are too proud to realise when we need help, and we need it now."
To view the fundraising page click here.
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