Für sie überwindet ihr Papa jetzt seine größte AngstÄrzte dachten, Raeyah (4) hätte Wachstumsschmerzen - jetzt ist das Mädchen tot
![Story from Jam Press (Cancer Skydive)
Pictured: Raeyah.
Dad devastated as daughter’s ‘growing pains’ turn out to be cancer – sharing story to help other parents avoid the same fate.
A dad has opened up about how his daughter’s “growing pains” were actually a sign of her cancer returning – sharing his painful story to help other parents.
Tomorrow (30 September), Kevin Rice, 40, from Bristol is set to face one of his fears: skydiving.
The dad is taking on the adventure in memory of his child, Raeyah, who tragically died from a Wilm’s tumour (kidney cancer) relapse earlier this year when she was just four years old.
In a horrible twist of fate, the child, who was originally diagnosed in December 2021, was given the all-clear after treatment – but relapsed in January 2023.
Just two months later, she lost her battle with the aggressive disease.
When builder Kevin and his wife, Rebecca, 42, first lost Raeyah, they were inconsolable.
And although his heart remains broken, the dad-of-three credits his “daredevil” daughter with “taking his fear away” – as he does whatever he can to raise funds and awareness of her illness.
“I’m a builder by trade and when my first son, Mitchell, was born, I automatically had a fear of anything that was going to harm me – and take me away from him,” Kevin told Jam Press.
“So I wouldn’t go up ladders or do anything out of the ordinary and I stayed like that until Raeyah passed away.
“Now, I’m not scared about jumping from a plane.
“It’s a very weird way of looking at it but when Raeyah left, she took all of my fear with her.
“My little girl was crazy and engaging, I can only imagine what she’d be saying [about the skydive].
“She was a daredevil, she had fire.”
Kevin and Rebecca, who also have two sons (Mitchell, 13, and Mason, 10) also want to share the warning signs of cancer for other parents to look out for.
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Das eigene Kind zu verlieren – einen größeren Schmerz kann es kaum geben.
Eine Erfahrung, die ein Paar aus dem US-Bundesstaat Rhode Island derzeit durchleben muss: Seine vierjährige Tochter hat den Kampf gegen den Krebs verloren. Und das, obwohl die Ärzte zwischenzeitlich von harmlosen Wachstumsschmerzen ausgingen.
Im Januar 2023 kam der Rückfall
Im Jahr 2021 erhalten Kevin (40), Rebecca (42) und ihre beiden Söhne Mitchell (13) und Mason (10) die schreckliche Diagnose, die die Ärzte der kleinen Raeyah stellen: Krebs! Ein Wilms-Tumor hat sich in der Niere der Kleinen ausgebreitet. Der Wilms-Tumor, medizinisch Nephroblastom genannt, ist eine aggressive Form von Nierenkrebs, die vor allem bei kleinen Kindern auftritt.
Nach der Behandlung geben die Ärzte zunächst Entwarnung, doch im Januar 2023 dann der Schock. Am zweiten Weihnachtsfeiertag des vergangenen Jahres klagt Raeyah über Schmerzen im Bein, die Ärzte denken zunächst an Wachstumsschmerzen.
Doch Röntgenaufnahmen zeigen: Der Krebs ist zurück. Und zwar in Form eines großen Tumors an der rechten Hüfte des Kindes, der sich auch auf andere Körperteile ausgebreitet hat.
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„Wir wussten nicht, wie wir unseren Söhnen sagen sollten, dass ihre Schwester sterben würde“
Kevin erzählt der Agentur JamPress: „Nachdem wir darauf bestanden hatten, dass sie von einem Spezialisten untersucht wird, führte das Krankenhaus weitere Untersuchungen durch, und es bestätigte sich, dass sie einen Rückfall hatte. Innerhalb weniger Wochen war sie wieder im Krankenhaus, die Tumore hatten im ganzen Körper gestreut. Wir wussten nicht, wie wir unseren Söhnen sagen sollten, dass ihre Schwester sterben würde.“
Nur zwei Monate später verliert Raeyah den Kampf gegen die aggressive Krankheit. Am 14. April 2023 wird sie im Krematorium von Westerly beigesetzt. Die Herzen des Bauunternehmers Kevin und seiner Frau Rebecca sind seitdem gebrochen.
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Ihr Vater überwindet seine Ängste - um Spenden zu sammeln
![Story from Jam Press (Cancer Skydive)
Pictured: Raeyah in hospital.
Dad devastated as daughter’s ‘growing pains’ turn out to be cancer – sharing story to help other parents avoid the same fate.
A dad has opened up about how his daughter’s “growing pains” were actually a sign of her cancer returning – sharing his painful story to help other parents.
Tomorrow (30 September), Kevin Rice, 40, from Bristol is set to face one of his fears: skydiving.
The dad is taking on the adventure in memory of his child, Raeyah, who tragically died from a Wilm’s tumour (kidney cancer) relapse earlier this year when she was just four years old.
In a horrible twist of fate, the child, who was originally diagnosed in December 2021, was given the all-clear after treatment – but relapsed in January 2023.
Just two months later, she lost her battle with the aggressive disease.
When builder Kevin and his wife, Rebecca, 42, first lost Raeyah, they were inconsolable.
And although his heart remains broken, the dad-of-three credits his “daredevil” daughter with “taking his fear away” – as he does whatever he can to raise funds and awareness of her illness.
“I’m a builder by trade and when my first son, Mitchell, was born, I automatically had a fear of anything that was going to harm me – and take me away from him,” Kevin told Jam Press.
“So I wouldn’t go up ladders or do anything out of the ordinary and I stayed like that until Raeyah passed away.
“Now, I’m not scared about jumping from a plane.
“It’s a very weird way of looking at it but when Raeyah left, she took all of my fear with her.
“My little girl was crazy and engaging, I can only imagine what she’d be saying [about the skydive].
“She was a daredevil, she had fire.”
Kevin and Rebecca, who also have two sons (Mitchell, 13, and Mason, 10) also want to share the warning signs of cancer for other parents to look out for.
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Doch die schlimmen Erfahrungen sollen nicht umsonst gewesen sein: Kevin will für die von ihm gegründete Wohltätigkeitsorganisation Raeyah’s Hands of Support im Gedenken an seine Tochter Spenden sammeln. Und dafür überwindet er seine größte Angst: Am 30. September wagt er gemeinsam mit anderen einen Fallschirmsprung – für wohltätige Zwecke. Mit dem Geld möchte er andere Eltern über die Symptome des Wilms-Tumors aufklären – und auch auf Autismus aufmerksam machen, von dem einer seiner beiden Söhne betroffen ist.
„Als mein erster Sohn Mitchell geboren wurde, hatte ich Angst vor allem, was mich verletzen und mich von ihm fernhalten könnte“, erzählt Kevin der Agentur Jam Press. „Ich wollte nicht auf Leitern klettern oder andere ungewöhnliche Dinge tun, und das blieb so, bis Raeyah starb. Jetzt habe ich keine Angst mehr, aus einem Flugzeug zu springen“, so Kevin weiter.
Er verdanke es seiner „tapferen“ Tochter, dass ihm die Angst genommen wurde. „Es ist eine seltsame Sichtweise, aber als Raeyah starb, nahm sie alle meine Ängste mit sich. Mein kleines Mädchen war verrückt und einnehmend, (...) eine Draufgängerin, sie hatte Feuer.“ (ija)
