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Family's plea to save dream Disney trip for girl, 6, left blind by brain tumour
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- Charlie Buckland BBC Wales Jessica Gill Six-year-old Sienna was diagnosed with a brain tumour, which caused her to lose her eyesight, just weeks after being surprised with a trip to Disney.
- Sienna was ecstatic to get tickets for a once-in-a-lifetime trip with her family to Florida from Santa at Christmas.
- But on 9 February, a routine eye appointment showed swelling on her optic nerve, and a brain scan the same night confirmed she had a tumour.
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Charlie Buckland BBC Wales Jessica Gill Six-year-old Sienna was diagnosed with a brain tumour, which caused her to lose her eyesight, just weeks after being surprised with a trip to Disney. The family of a six-year-old whose brain tumour diagnosis left her blind just weeks after receiving tickets to Walt Disney World are trying to save her dream trip after insurance costs spiralled.
Sienna was ecstatic to get tickets for a once-in-a-lifetime trip with her family to Florida from Santa at Christmas.
But on 9 February, a routine eye appointment showed swelling on her optic nerve, and a brain scan the same night confirmed she had a tumour.
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