Help for Toon

Toon was suffering from a constant headache for a couple days. He went to his GP after day 2 to be told “it’s just a headache but come back if it gets any worse”.

Toon was still suffering with his headache on day 4 and also quite quickly became weak on the right hand side of his body. That night he was taken up to the Emergency Department at his local Hospital and within a matter of hours he was taken for a CT scan which discovered he had blood on the brain. Later the next day an MRI scan was done which showed he had a lesion in the brain.

Toon was admitted and put on steroids to help reduce the pressure building in his head. The next day it was decided the steroids weren’t working quickly enough so Toon was taken into surgery to have a shunt put in to drain the fluid and relieve the pressure that way. He was left to recover for a few days before going back into surgery to have his biopsy done.

A week later Toon was presented with the devastating news that he had cancer.

Due to the location of Toon’s tumour surgery is not an option to help remove it as it sits too closely to the brainstem and surgeons believe the risk is too great and more damage would possibly be created.

Instead Toon will undergo Radiation treatment everyday (Mon-Fri) for 6 weeks and 8 months of Chemotherapy.

Toon is and an only child who sadly lost his mother to a tragic car accident 3 years ago. He is supported by his Father Garth and extended family.

Toon is remaining positive and is in good spirits. He is determined to beat his illness and is also looking into supporting clinical trials as well.