TOWIE's Amy Childs shares family heartbreak
Amy Childs has shared that her cousin, Hannah Brincat's baby daughter Lila, is battling for her life amid an aggressive brain tumour.
Amy Childs has urged her fans to support her cousin's baby daughter who is battling an aggressive brain tumour.
Lila was diagnosed with Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumour (AT/RT) - a rare and rapidly growing Grade 4 tumour found in the brain or spinal cord of children aged three and younger - at just three weeks old.
And now 35-year-old Amy has called upon her followers to donate to and share the five-month-old girl's JustGiving crowdfunder page.
The Only Way is Essex alum posted a screenshot of the donation page to her Instagram Stories on Wednesday (04.03.26), and penned alongside it: "Please, if you can, help support my cousin's beautiful daughter Lila.
"She's fighting so hard and every donation makes a difference. Even sharing this means a lot. Thank you all so much."
Lila's JustGiving page was set up by her mum, Hannah Brincat.
Explaining her tot's story, Hannah wrote: "Our beautiful little Lila is only 5 months old and been through more in her little life than any adult we know. Our brave girl, our little lion cub.
"Lila was diagnosed at 3 weeks old with ATRT - a rare and aggressive brain tumour.
"She underwent 9 hour brain surgery at just 3 weeks old, and started chemotherapy at just 5 weeks old. (sic)"
Heartbreakingly, an MRI showed the tumour had returned despite "six rounds of chemotherapy", and Lila's family were informed that "treatment would not continue and we were out of options".
Hannah continued: "We lived in hospital for 4 months separated from our 3 other children and have been living in a children’s hospice for 2 weeks. Our lives have been turned upside down and we are devastated.
"We’ve reached out to an Oncologist in Toronto, who is leading on research in ATRT, for a second opinion on Lila.
"We have no idea if there are any options for us, what they could be and how much it might cost us.
"The target is therefore completely random - but if by some miracle, they come through with something for us to try and it comes down to finances, we need to be prepared. Time is not on our side. (sic)"
At the time of publication, £24,380 has been raised, and Hannah stressed that people's generous donations "will not go to waste".
She concluded: "If our efforts don’t pay off, your donations will be given generously to the lovely charities who have supported us during this time."
Hannah thanked those who had donated in an update message.
On February 27, she typed: "For some reason, it is not letting me send individual thank yous so I thought I would create this update instead.
"Your donations mean the world, thank you from the bottom of our hearts. If love, prayers and support could save our Lila - she would be just fine.
"Now we need a medical miracle, because our brave girl is up for the fight. (sic)"
To donate, visit justgiving.com/crowdfunding/lilaourlioncub?utm_medium=CF utm_source=TT.
