Mum's delight as Brightons teen gets further treatment for rare cancer in New York

Ashlee Easton, 14, who has high-risk neuroblastoma, returned home to Brightons at the weekend after a seven-day stay in New York where she received her fourth round of the bivalent vaccine.

Just before the end of 2020, Ashlee got the green light for the third bivalent instalment – approval that seemed a long way off in October when her white blood cell count was too low for her to receive the treatment.

With a further three rounds planned for 2021, Stateside doctors and her family hope the programme will enable the Braes High School pupil to overcome the disease.

Writing on the Ashlee’s Neuroblastoma Appeal Facebook page on Saturday, Lisa said: “We are relieved to be back home today after spending these past seven days in New York where we are delighted to let you know Ashlee received her fourth vaccine which we hope will help put an end to her eight-year battle with neuroblastoma.

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“Despite a sore leg at the injection site she has been keeping well.

“It’s certainly no fun travelling during this pandemic and has made an already stressful situation even more stressful, however, we feel very fortunate to have been allowed to travel for this vital treatment during Covid.

“We have had three Covid tests in a week: a test prior to flying to New York, another the day before going for the vaccine and another to allow us to fly home.

“We had a sheriff officer appear at our hotel room presenting us with quarantine papers the day after our arrival, strict measures due to the UK Covid variant.

“You must quarantine on arrival in New York but you can get released from quarantine if you have a negative test on the fourth day, we were however able to leave for medical treatment.”

The mother and daughter duo are now self-isolating at home.

Ashlee is due to undergo scans next month and is scheduled to return to New York in April for further treatment.

Lisa added: “Forever thankful to everyone who helped make this possible.”

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