Overview

• Hayley Burrows, 36, was rushed to the Walton Centre at 35 weeks pregnant after two seizures prompted an MRI that uncovered a large non-cancerous meningioma.
• Doctors delivered her son Oliver via emergency caesarean on April 1, 2023, and she underwent successful tumour-removal surgery on May 31, 2023 with no lasting neurological damage.
• Burrows initially experienced short-term memory loss and does not recall meeting Oliver for the first time because the tumour had been pressing on her memory centre.
• She has addressed the emotional impact of her diagnosis through counselling with the Standing Tall Foundation and continues monthly sessions.
• Burrows recently completed Brain Tumour Research’s 200k in May Your Way challenge and highlights that brain tumours receive just 1% of national cancer research funding.