Girl who lost her hair and eyelashes after chemo to fight cancer thanks ‘mummy and daddy’
Seven-year-old Hayley Brown, who is currently fighting cancer, stole the hearts of the world, when she was pictured with just one single eyelash earlier this month.
But her strength and bravery has not abated since then.
Having gone through months of chemotherapy, the little girl from Melbourne recently underwent radiotherapy.
On Thursday, Hayley’s father, Andrew Brown, shared a moving video from the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, where Hayley had her treatment.
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Hayley Brown (pictured), who is currently fighting cancer, recently underwent radiotherapy in Melbourne, at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Her father, Andrew Brown, shared a video of the seven-year-old and her family in the treatment centre; he previously shared a photo of Hayley with just one eyelash left (pictured)
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In the video, Hayley and her family are pictured in the Mellbourne-based centre, both before and after Hayley has her radiotherapy.
The family thank the doctors, nurses, staff and countless others who have helped them through the difficult time.
Towards the end of the clip, Hayley whispers in her father’s ear that she also wants to thank ‘mummy and daddy’, who had been ‘taking it in turns to stay overnight at the hospital’.
The adorable seven-year-old is dressed as Batgirl throughout much of the video.
In the video, Hayley and her family are pictured in the Mellbourne-based centre, both before (pictured) and after Hayley has her radiotherapy
The family thank the doctors, nurses, staff and countless others who have helped them through the difficult time (pictured: Hayley in the centre)
Hayley is dressed as Batgirl (pictured) for much of the video, and she says at one point that she wanted to thank her mum and dad for ‘taking it in turns to stay overnight at the hospital’
Hayley’s mum and dad praise her, on account of her bravery and strength.
‘There are grown adults who would crumble under the pressure of what she has to do,’ her mum, Leia Brown, says.
‘I’m actually surprised at how tough she is,’ Andrew Brown agrees.
Speaking to Daily Mail Australia, Mr Brown said: ‘It was a great day. It is incredible to see how many smiles were captured that day.
‘Seeing her walking around so happy has messed both Leia and myself up a bit as that it not what we are used to lately.’
Meanwhile, her mum and dad said they were incredibly proud of how brave and strong Hayley was being – many adults would crumble under the pressure, Leia said (Hayley pictured)
Mr Brown explained that since the radiation, Hayley has been unable to eat due to ‘all of the ulcers and sores in her mouth and throat’.
She has lost nearly two kilograms, and then had a bad reaction to her chemotherapy which left her back in hospital on a drip.
‘She is currently very week and very tired, but last night we started to see improvement again,’ Mr Brown said.
Speaking to Daily Mail Australia, Mr Brown said: ‘It was a great day. It is incredible to see how many smiles were captured that day’ (Hayley pictured before her radiotherapy)
The little girl was diagnosed with cancer in June, after doctors found a five-centimetre tumour growing inside her nose – she was told she would have to undergo chemo and radiotherapy
Earlier in the month, the father and comedian shared a heartbreaking image of Hayley with just one eyelash left on her eye.
‘That one last eyelash has been hanging on, on its own, for a few weeks now,’ Mr Brown captioned the photo.
Hayley was diagnosed with cancer in June, after doctors found a five-centimetre tumour growing inside her nose.
She was quickly told she would have to undergo eight months of chemotherapy and radiotherapy to help to fight it.
Since then, her parents and close friend, Andrea Huggins, have put together a MyCause page to help to raise funds to help the Browns to cover costs associated with being in hospital, including parking, Citylink travel, fuel, medicine, rent and bills.
At present, the page has over AUD $12,000 in donations.