James Brain Tumour

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Sean Conway
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Balgowan
South Africa
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Started a yr ago
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UPDATE 💔

Dear friends,
It is with great sadness that we share that James passed away 13 January 2036. He fought so hard and was so brave, right until the very end, he did not believe he was going to die. 😭💔😭💔😭💔


Update : James has grade 4 brain cancer (pineoblastoma) 

Please Help Us Save James and support Kerry
From Sean Conway – Kerry’s Brother


I wish I didn’t have to write these words, but my sister’s family are facing something no family ever should.


On Saturday night, my brother-in-law James Heathcote-Hacker was rushed to the Hilton Life Hospital. The doctors have found a large brain tumour which is 4x4cm. None of us saw it coming. One moment, he was laughing with his children celebrating Gwen's 6th Birthday — the next, we were facing the unthinkable. Kerry initially thought he had had a stroke, he was not speaking sense, had the biggest migraine of his life, was vomitting, confused and disorientated and memory loss. 

James is only 45. He’s married to my sister Kerry, and they have two beautiful children...

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S. Conway 1 Aug '25
James has finished his 6 week combo Radiation/Chemo Treatment and continues with intense rehab. They can only scan (MRI) again in 2 months time once swelling has gone down to see where we are at wi...

S. Conway 16 May '25
James has still not woken up after surgery on Wednesday and is on a ventilator and feeding pipe. It is not the anaesthetic, it’s the brain. They have ordered blood for a transfusion to top up the blo...

S. Conway 14 May '25
James was transferred to a hospital in Durban last week. Since then, he’s undergone two surgeries and a biopsy. We’ve now received the results, and it’s been confirmed that he has stage 4 cancer (pin...

S. Conway 2 May '25
It has not been a great week. James has deteriorated physically (to be expected after 20 days in a hospital bed). He is frustrated. We are getting on top of chest issues (aspiration) and infection ma...
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