Livingston’s Robbie Armit enjoyed double success at the Cowdenbeath Racewall while there was a string of impressive results for a number of West Lothian drivers, writes Jim Turner.
15.03.2023 - 16:57 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A West Lothian mum is hoping her teenage daughter, who is currently on palliative care, will get to fulfil a dream by getting to meet Ed Sheeran.
The singing superstar will play at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow on March 28 with Elaine Beattie and 16-year-old daughter Ellie set to attend.
Ellie lives at home with her mum and two big sisters, Rachel and Kylie, in Livingston. She was diagnosed with metastatic pineoblastoma, an aggressive brain tumour, at 12.
That is the same rare genetic cancer that Elaine’s big sister Maria Jayne passed away from at the age of 19 and decades later she is going through the heart-wrenching journey with her own daughter.
Elaine, now 49, said: “We are always looking to create special memories.
My daughter Rachel bought three tickets for Ed Sheeran on March 28 and she would love to meet him. It’s the same day that she’s due her latest MRI results back.
“We’ve also got some birthday surprises lined up for her.”
Treatment was going well for the schoolgirl and after a six-month hospital stay was stable for nearly three years until a scan last year showed new tumours.
Mum Elaine said: “Ellie’s birthday is on April 3 and she is going to turn 17, she has been on palliative care since July 2022. We didn’t think she would make 17.
“When she was first diagnosed at 12 years old we were told she wouldn’t make it to her 13th birthday, but she is a fighter and she just keeps carrying on.
“Ellie is my youngest of four, she had a lot of symptoms before we knew what it was, going back to when she was just eight years old.
“She struggled to control her legs and sit cross-legged, we took her to the GP and they thought it could be neuro-related but all the tests kept coming back negative.”
The mum continued: “She used to get
Livingston’s Robbie Armit enjoyed double success at the Cowdenbeath Racewall while there was a string of impressive results for a number of West Lothian drivers, writes Jim Turner.
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