Mum’s horror diagnosis when egg-sized mass was discovered in her brain after a beauty treatment
A new mom’s horror diagnosis when an egg-sized mass was discovered in her head after she started feeling ‘funny’ during a beauty treatment
- Mother of three was diagnosed with an egg-sized brain tumor
- Skye Hamilton had surgery last year to partially remove the mass
- But four lesions have appeared after she saw double last week
- Her family started a GoFundMe page to support Sydney’s mom
A young mother who went to a medical center after feeling “funny” during a beauty treatment has been diagnosed with an egg-sized brain tumor.
Skye Hamilton, 27, was rushed to hospital in Western Sydney six months ago, where doctors were only able to remove part of the mass – because removing it all would have caused paralysis.
The horror diagnosis came after the mother-of-three underwent emergency surgery a year ago following childbirth complications.
But despite the most recent surgery on the tumor, Ms. Hamilton still faces challenges.
Last week the mother started having double vision and found out four lesions had appeared after making an MRI scan.
Skye Hamilton (pictured, with her partner Jacob), 27, was rushed to hospital in Western Sydney six months ago, where doctors were only able to remove part of the egg-sized tumor – because taking it all out would have caused paralysis
Last week, the mother (pictured, with her three children) began to have double vision and found that four lesions had appeared after having an MRI scan
Cancer was then found in her cerebrospinal fluid in the spine after she had more scans and a lumbar puncture at Concord Hospital.
Ms Hamilton posted another alarming development on social media on Saturday.
“The swelling in my brain is so great that my neurologist is surprised I can even walk because it’s so catastrophic — I should be half paralyzed by now,” she said.
“The swelling started moving to the left side of my brain, it’s all in my midbrain. Luckily I take steroids to reduce the swelling and after a week my vision is back to normal.’
A PET scan used to diagnose diseases such as cancer revealed nothing.
“Nobody knows where this cancer is in my body, but it’s just hiding there somewhere,” Hamilton said.
“Whatever is in her body is causing all these things to go wrong in her brain,” her sister Zoe shared Yahoo News Australia.
Zoe and Ms. Hamilton’s brother, Nathan, have gathered around their sister’s family of five, which includes partner Jacob and her two boys, ages 7 and 4 – plus her 10-month-old daughter.
One of Mrs. Hamilton’s sons even calls his mother’s illness “a monster.”
The siblings started one GoFundMe page to support the family as they continue to search for a diagnosis.
“The swelling in my brain is so great that my neurologist is surprised I can even walk because it’s so catastrophic – I should be half paralyzed by now,” Hamilton said on social media (pictured, a scan of the mom’s brain from last December showing the egg-sized mass on the left)
Ms Hamilton’s brother Nathan and sister Zoe have formed around the family of five, which includes partner Jacob and her two boys, aged 7 and 4 – plus her 10-month-old daughter (pictured)
The mother of three (pictured) said a PET scan used to diagnose diseases such as cancer revealed nothing
The crowdfunding venture had raised a whopping $16,895 by Saturday — surpassing its original goal of $1,500 (pictured, the family together)
“The past year has been hell… We all had to work together to make sure the kids can still live normal lives so they don’t look down on the badness of what they’re going through,” Zoe said.
The crowdfunding venture had raised a whopping $16,895 by Saturday — surpassing its original goal of $1,500.
Zoe said she didn’t know what would happen to her sister or even if she would ever be able to go back to work.
She said she and her brother “perform” for Ms Hamilton wherever they want – adding that the trio are “really close”.
“I honestly don’t know how we would live without each other,” Zoë said.