A fundraiser for a young Irish mum with stage 4 cancer is nearing its €55,000 target. Thirty six year old Laura Casserly was diagnosed with Sarcoma-UPS on Easter Sunday 2021 after investigating a lump on her leg when her youngest daughter was just 10 months old. That's according to a Go Fund Me fundraiser set up by Laura's friend, which has so far received over 900 donations amounting to €47,272.
Originally from Leixlip in Co Kildare, Laura now lives in Enfield, Co Meath with her partner Keith and young children, Lily, Kooper and Lottie. At the point of diagnosis, Laura a nd Keith were told her cancer was stage 2B and still treatable. Laura then underwent 5 weeks of radiation, had a resection of her calf to remove the lump, and had to learn to walk again during "grueling" rehabilitation for 12weeks.
However, in October 2021, Laura had pain in her knee and further tests showed the cancer had returned and spread into her lymph nodes and both of her lungs. At this stage, Laura was given the devastating news her cancer was now stage 4 and the treatment plan had gone from curing the cancer to prolonging her life. She was given 6 months of the strongest chemotherapy available and then had an amputation of her right leg on the 29th June 2023.
In another blow on 8th November 2023, the doctors found a 3cm lymph node lump in the top of Laura's leg. She was given a chemotherapy pill to take, which has had no effect on the cancer and, unfortunately, on the 26th November Laura was rus.