Baby With “Untreatable Cancer” Makes a Miraculous Recovery

September 5, 2009 by tiffanyb
Filed under: News

At only 4 months old, Maisey Fishwick was diagnosed with an untreatable brain cancer and was sent to a hospice to die.

Maisey’s mother Emma, was heartbroken at the fact that there was nothing that could be done for her daughter, but just days before the doctors expected Maisey to die, Eddy Estlin, a child cancer specialist found hope that she could be cured and sent her back to the hospital.

After 11 hours of surgery and 15 grueling months of chemotherapy, Maisey is not a healthy 21-month-old little girl.

Emma, who is a single mum, noticed that when her daughter was only a few months old that her skull was swollen on the top. She took Maisey to the doctor where they thought she had meningitis, but then was able to rule that out. After performing a scan, doctors noticed a large tumor growing on her brain stem.

Emma was told that nothing could be done for Maisey and was told to take her to Derian House Children’s Hospice in Chorley, Lancashire so she could die without all the pain.

Fortunately, Dr Estlin, consultant paediatric oncologist at Manchester Children’s Hospital decided to pay Maisey a visit and wanted pursue surgery on the little girl to get rid of the tumor. Maisey is now recovering after extensive chemotherapy. Although for right now she is in the clear, Dr. Estlin does not know for how long.

Dr. Estlin said, “Maisey has done really well, she’s staged a quite astonishing comeback. There’s a real pleasure and pride at seeing how well she’s done. She is a fighter and has had great support from her family and the community. It’s a magnificent comeback.”