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Sophie Brownson

Young mum diagnosed with terminal brain tumour after opticians visit faces race against time to make memories with daughter

A young mum battling a terminal brain tumour has opened up about her devastating diagnosis as she faces a race against time to make memories with her daughter.

Reagan Kirkpatrick's life was turned upside down last July when the 22-year-old was diagnosed with a Grade 4 diffuse midline glioma brain tumour and told the heartbreaking news that it was incurable.

The courageous mum from Annitsford, North Tyneside, said she had spent weeks suffering from severe headaches in the run up to her diagnosis.

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