A Dumfriesshire toddler who was diagnosed with a brain tumour in October has died.
Maisie Anderson’s devastated mum Jade Logan paid tribute to her “beautiful, brave, perfect” little girl and said life will never be the same without her.
The two-year-old died in hospital on Thursday night.
Distraught Jade said in a social media: “Sleep tight my beautiful, brave, perfect little Maisie moo.
“Mummy loves you forever and life will never be the same without you my precious little angel.
“I just wish we had longer time to make more memories.
“You mean the world to me my little best friend.”
Just days before Maisie died, Jade said she was determined to stay positive the tot would pull through because “hope” was the only thing she had left.
Last Sunday, The Commercial Inn in Annan held a fundraiser to raise cash to help “cheer up a brave wee girl.”
Heartbroken staff at the pub said the £2,500 raised will now “sadly go towards her funeral”.
A spokeswoman for The Commercial wrote on Friday: “It is with great sadness and a very heavy heart that I have to announce that Maisie lost her battle and passed away last night.
“Our hearts go out to Jade and Tyler and their families. The money that you all raised to cheer her up will now sadly go towards her funeral.
“Thank you all so very much for what you did. We feel like we’ve lost one of the family. R.I.P. wee Maisie. No more suffering.”
Jade, originally from Dumfries but who has recently been living in Moffat, had the support of family and friends since Maisie was diagnosed.
She initially thought the youngster had an eye infection when she became unwell in October.
But after being rushed from Dumfries Infirmary to Glasgow Royal Children’s Hospital, tests confirmed Maisie had stage three cancer.
She was scheduled to go to Manchester for six weeks of proton beam therapy but the treatment was put on hold after she started having seizures and was also diagnosed with meningitis.
Jade, 23, said that despite being told there was no definite cure for Maisie, she was taking things a day at a time and that her little girl’s “feistiness” was helping her to stay positive.
She said: “I couldn’t understand how she could go from being my little wild child who ran rings around me, rushing about everywhere on her scooter and feeding the ducks at the park, to being so poorly.”
“Sleep tight my princess. I don’t know how I’ll ever live without you.”
