12-year-old girl died from a rare brain tumour. Michael Kipling, 37, explained how "his heart sunk" when his niece Emily Cook was diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), a brain tumour that is highly aggressive and difficult to treat.
Emily, a happy and healthy girl, experienced headaches and in July 2016 she was diagnosed with a brain tumour, Chronicle Live reports.
Emily battled the tumour for eight months, but sadly lost her fight just one month before her 13th birthday on March 21, 2017.In an effort to raise awareness and money for charity, Michael along with brother-in-law Wayne Nicholson and friend Darren Styles are walking 120 miles around some of Emily's favourite places.
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