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SCHICKSALE - Krebstod mit 22 Jahren: Trauernde Mutter will weiterhin Spenden sammeln in Erinnerung an ihre an Krebs verstorbene Tochter Emily Parsons
Emily in Dublin in 2019 (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Grieving mum vows to keep adding to the
£63k her remarkable daughter helped raise for
cancer research despite knowing she was dying at
just 22
By Susan Clark, PA Real Life
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A grieving mum vows to keep fundraising in memory of her remarkable daughter, who
raised more than £10,000 for research into her condition in just 10 hours which soared
to £63,000 and has been climbing in the days since her death.
Talented and beautiful inside and out, university student Emily Parsons, 22, took her last
breath surrounded by her family on May 6, 2021, at the Arthur Rank Hospice in
Cambridge.
It was only months after being told the pins and needles she had mistaken for exam
stress were caused by an incurable spinal cord tumour called a diffuse midline glioma a
type of cancer so rare it only affects 100 people a year in the UK.
Now, as part of Emilys legacy of kindness, her mum Lisa and stepdad Paul, both 54, and
her younger brother, Ben, 17, have vowed to keep her JustGiving campaign to fund
research at Addenbrookes Hospital into her type of cancer going until at least the end of
2021.
Lisa, of Cottenham, Cambridge, a retired bank worker, said of her daughter, who was in
her final year at Loughborough University in Leicestershire, studying business psychology
with a view to becoming a primary school teacher when she fell ill: Emily was kind.
She always worried about other people, not herself. I was astounded and inspired by her
strength and her courage.
She had grace and dignity which shone out of her and not once did she complain or ask,
Why me? Instead, she was grateful for the care she was given.
Emilys problems began in April 2020 when she noticed a strange pins -and-needles
sensation in her hands and feet, which she initially dismissed as being caused by the
stress of her upcoming exams.
Ignoring the weird feelings, she joined her mum, brother and stepdad
(c) Dukas