An RAF veteran who has raised £42,000 in memory of the wife he lost to a brain tumour after his TikTok tribute to her went viral with two million views sees her every day in their three-year-old daughter who has her “infectious positivity” and “ridiculously thick curly hair”.
Citing his role as a single dad to Sienna, who was born in October 2018, as his toughest but most rewarding job to date, Alan Johnstone’s one deep regret is that her mum, Anneka, only knew the child they thought would be their “entire future” for 13 months.
Ironically, Anneka, 33, a dietician, had devoted her life to the NHS, but the health service she loved was unable to save her when she was diagnosed with glioblastoma grade IV – a malignant brain tumour – in July 2019. It saw her deteriorate rapidly before passing away five months later.
