I have survived two different malignant brain tumours, a brain stem stroke, multiple cerebellar strokes and three weeks in a coma.
The cancer required two major brain surgeries followed by a year of chemotherapy and two weeks of spine and whole brain radiotherapy, then four weeks of additional brain radiation treatments. During the chemotherapy I survived a bout of pneumonia, a staph infection and surgery for the insertion of a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt. This has needed to be replaced twice since then and there have been many complications as a result of having hydrocephalus.
I have lived with asthma and eczema for many years and have endured several relatively minor surgeries including a repair of a heart PFO (patent foramen ovale) and the removal of a large gum cyst.
In spite of all this, I do not have one scar on my body. The reason? Even though I have survived all of this, it wasn’t me in the hospital beds on all those occasions. It was my children.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death 
Gillian,
I think most of all this can be therapeutic for you but also at the same time give hope to others who might go through similar situations. I look forward to reading your story.
Love & miss y’all!
Lora
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Oh Gillian, you need to keep writing!
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Wow. I can’t wait to read what comes next xx
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Gillian, I have only met you and Art once, at Brooke & Drew’s wedding. You have such an amazing, kind, faith-filled and beautiful family. I can’t imagine the amount of strength it must have taken to go through all of that with your children, but I think it will be very healing for you to write about all of it – the struggles and the blessings. Sending prayers for the Holy Spirit to guide you. 💕Jody Webb
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I am so glad you are writing your story! Keep going!
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Come on mum! We can do it together. Just listen to those cheers
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