When six-year-old Lacey-Lee Kelly first started complaining of headaches last summer, her mum Lisa thought she may need glasses just like her older brother did at the same age. A scan at the opticians revealed some pressure at the back of her left eye, but the family were told not to worry and come back in three months.
But the headaches persisted and, soon after, she also started becoming more "clumsy" and waking in the night to be sick. She was taken to the GP where her symptoms were thought to be caused by a food intolerance and the family were asked to keep a diary of what she ate. Unconvinced, and with Lacey-Lee's symptoms worsening, they returned to the optician.
This time, the scan revealed building pressure behind both eyes and she was immediately referred to the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant. The very next day, after a series of eye tests and scans, Lisa and her partner Shaun were taken into a side room and given some devastating news - their daughter was living with a slow-growing brain tumour, which she may have had since birth.
