In 2014 our daughter went to France on a school French exchange and was fortunate enough to stay with a lovely family in Lyon. Over the next couple of years Chloe and Agathe built a good friendship visiting each other every year. Unfortunately during this time, Agathe had been diagnosed with a brain tumour. Worse news was to come when her family were told it was cancerous.

In November 2016, only months after finding out this sad news, our world was momentarily turned upside down when our daughter was also diagnosed with a tumorous growth in her skull. The next month was a living nightmare. We didn't know what was going to happen next and suddenly the future looked uncertain. We had looked after our beautiful loving girl for 17 years without so much as a broken bone....

Exactly a month later on 16th December, in Derriford Hospital Plymouth, the tumour was removed from Chloe's skull. The surgery went well and unbelievably she came home in just three days! We were so very lucky - Chloe recovered well and then on Christmas Eve, we got the best Christmas present ever - her surgeon rang to tell us that the tumour was benign.

However, in May this year, we received some very very sad news. After several trips to Leon Berard Center specialist cancer hospital and chemotherapy, Chloe's friend Agathe had passed away. She was only 16. We were all devastated. Agathe was such a lovely, funny, beautiful girl. She should have had a bright future to look forward to.

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