A Scots teen living with an incurable rare cancer is desperate to complete her bucket list with the time she has left.
Maisie Fraser, 18, hopes to meet Gordon Ramsay, take a trip to Disneyland and quad bike in Iceland while she is still well enough.
The teenager from Inverness first started having chest pains in August 2020 but simply but it down to being a smoker.
Her chest pains persisted and she began to suffer severe headaches and suddenly lost a significant amount of weight.
She visited her GP and was sent for several tests, leading to a diagnosis of Fibrolamellar Carcinoma (FLC) on Monday, December 7, 2020.
FLC is a form of incurable liver cancer which affects just one in five million people worldwide.
Talking about her diagnosis, Maisie said: "I just remember feeling nothing that day and then fear.
"I couldn't cry, I didn't smile and barely engaged in conversation.
"Even when my mum was breaking the news to family. I was in total disbelief."
Maisie underwent six rounds of chemotherapy at the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital over 12 weeks.
Initially her cancer showed signs of slowing down, but doctors quickly found that it was not responding to treatment and there was no more they could do.
Maisie's mum Cecilia Smith, 46, told the Record: "Chemo is very hard. It destroyed her body. She lost her hair, she couldn't eat.
"The chemo just made her so ill, she was in a lot of pain."
Medics are unable to estimate how much time Maisie has left, says Cecilia.
She added: "We are aware that we are on a time limit.
"We don't know what timescale we're on and the doctors can't tell us either. The disease is progressing and her energy levels are lower."
Her family and friends have planned a series of bucket list dreams and challenges that they hope Maisie will be able to complete.
The family had planned to take Maisie to Disneyworld Florida but the teenager said she didn't feel up to the long flight.
They now hope to take the short flight to London and get the Eurostar to Paris so that she can still tick off visiting Disney.
On the way home, they plan to visit one of Gordon Ramsay's restaurants and are trying to arrange a meet and greet.
The youngster became a huge fan of the TV chef after watching his shows while she was in hospital.
Cecilia explained: "It's to try and give her as many experiences in a short time as we can.
"She has been absolutely amazing. She's rolled with the punches, smiled through her treatment and been such a trooper.
"Even with what she's going through, she has people reaching out to her with their stories of what they're going through.
"The one thing that keeps her going is hope."
Maisie added: "I believe the only reason I got through my treatment is because I kept fighting.
"Just because I am unwell doesn't mean I stop being cheeky and joking.
"I'm sharing my story to raise awareness for childhood cancer."
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