Story and picture courtesy of Daily mail
I have previously blogged about Ann Marie Rogers, who had gone to the High Court demanding the NHS to provide funding for Herceptin for her breast cancer treatment, but unfortunately lost her case.
You may also have read the post regarding Ms. Jayne Sullivan who has spent nights in the foyer of the Welsh Assembly demanding Herceptin treatment.
Now the Herceptin story is taking a more emotional turn with a 10-year-old girl pleading for the drug to be given to her mother so that she would be able to see her mother when she grows up.
Katie Morgan says, "We would like my mum to be here when we grow up." She wrote an emotional letter after her parents Susan Morgan, 41, was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Susan and Robert Morgan would have to raise £47,000 to pay for Herceptin because this drug is not available through NHS.
In her letter Katie Morgan writes, "My name is Katie Morgan. I am 10 years old, I have two sisters called Lucy, who is seven, and Hannah, who is six, and the sweetest little baby brother, who is 19 months old.
"I am writing to you because my mum has had breast cancer last year (sic). Please help us. We would like my mum to be here when we grow up."
Katie also writes how she had started to sell eggs from her parents' farm to raise cash for the drug.
In his reply to the letter, Mr Paterson pledged to carry on fighting for the family. He raised the issue in the House of Commons earlier this week.
Mr Paterson said he had also written to the primary care trust and Rosie Winterton, the minister responsible for cancer services, about Mrs Morgan's case. |
