Mana’s Story

Our son Mana needs your help. Right now, he is in the fight of his life against multiple malignant brain tumors. Anyone who has met Mana will agree that keeping him here is something worth fighting for. In July 2022 our lives were turned upside down. Mana collapsed on the beach with a massive seizure that left the right side of his body paralyzed. At the time, he was misdiagnosed with Focal Cortical Dysplasia, a brain abnormality that had supposedly been there since birth. We implemented everything possible to try stop the seizures, but for the next 6 months, Mana continued to suffer daily uncontrolled episodes. On the 18th of January 2023 we found ourselves back in the emergency room. To our absolute horror an MRI revealed two large masses in Mana’s brain; one the size of a peach and the other a walnut. Tumors, now growing across the surface of our son’s brain. We were immediately rushed into emergency surgery and our little warrior survived over 13 hours in theatre. But even