Adding Life To Her Last Days

Aimee Bruner, left and Mishi Methven hold their daughter Stella Joy in their arms. In June Stella was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer that will take her life. Recently, Stella’s health has begun to deteriorate and her parents wonder if she’ll get the chance to meet her baby brother Sam, who she named in utero. Photo courtesy Heather Pollock.

On June 24, expecting parents Aimee Bruner and Mishi Methven took their two-year-old daughter Stella Joy to the Hospital for Sick Children, thinking she had an ear infection. It wasn’t long before they were forced to face the unthinkable — Stella was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumour. Within 24 hours, they learned it was terminal. … [Read more...]