When Keeley Diane Haigh looks at her daughter Faith, she sees more than a toddler.
She sees courage, resilience, and a life that has already endured more pain than many adults ever will.
At just 15 months old, Faith has been forced into a battle no child should have to fight.
Faith was born prematurely at just 28 weeks, tiny but determined from the very beginning.
Her parents, Keeley and Tyler, quickly learned what it meant to live on edge, watching monitors and celebrating every small milestone.
They believed the hardest days were behind them once Faith grew stronger and came home.
Then March changed everything.
On March 16, Faith was rushed by blue lights from Barnsley Hospital to Sheffield Children’s Hospital in a race against time.
She was unconscious, critically unwell, and doctors told her parents she had less than half an hour to reach Sheffield or she would not survive.
Keeley remembers the terror of that journey, knowing her baby’s life was hanging by a thread.
When Faith arrived, there was no time to hesitate.
Doctors ran her straight into emergency surgery, warning Keeley and Tyler that there was a very high chance she would not make it.
Keeley held her daughter, kissed her, and watched as she was taken away, not knowing if she would ever see her again.
The surgery lasted 12 agonising hours.
During that time, Keeley sat outside the operating theatre, unable to leave, feeling physically sick with fear.
Faith lost the equivalent of two bodies’ worth of blood during the operation, and the tumour surgeons removed was the size of a tennis ball.
When the call finally came to say Faith was out of theatre and alive, her parents ran faster than they ever had in their lives.
For a brief moment, there was hope.
Doctors had managed to remove the tumour and relieve the pressure on Faith’s brain.
Keeley and Tyler believed they had reached the end of the nightmare and that their daughter could finally begin to heal.
But cancer is rarely that kind.
Just three weeks later, an MRI scan revealed the devastating truth.
The tumour had returned.
On March 30, the family was told that the tumour was cancerous: an atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumour, one of the rarest and most aggressive brain cancers in children.
Everything that once felt bright turned dark again.
Faith endured months of harsh treatment and long hospital stays, far from the life a baby should know.
Despite her strength, doctors have now told her parents that standard treatment options have been exhausted.
Faith is too young for radiotherapy, and the only remaining option is an experimental drug from the United States.
Recently, the news grew even harder to bear.
Scans revealed that Faith has developed two more tumours, one in her spine and another at the back of her head.
Her consultant has been painfully honest with her parents, telling them they must start focusing on helping Faith live well because no one knows what lies ahead.
If the American drug does not work, there will be no further treatment options left.
That reality has changed how Keeley and Tyler live every single day.
Instead of planning for the future, they are focused on the present.
They are determined to make as many memories as possible with their daughter, filling her life with love, comfort, and moments that matter.
They have set up a fundraiser, not out of hope for miracles, but out of love for their child.
Keeley speaks openly about the truth of childhood cancer, refusing to soften the reality.
She wants people to understand that this is not a story with a neat ending or easy answers.
It is fear, exhaustion, and heartbreak layered with fierce love.
“I just want her to have a good life in whatever she has left,” Keeley says.
Her words are simple, but they carry unimaginable weight.
For Faith’s parents, every smile, every cuddle, and every quiet moment together is precious.
They know the road ahead may lead to palliative care.
They know the drug may not work.
And yet, they choose to keep going, to keep loving, and to keep fighting for their daughter’s happiness.
Faith’s story is not pretty, as her mum says.
But it is real.
It is the reality faced by families of children with cancer every day.
In the midst of unbearable uncertainty, Keeley and Tyler are holding onto what they can control: giving Faith a life filled with warmth, joy, and memories that will last forever.
And in doing so, they are showing the world what love looks like when time itself feels fragile.