Stu Rawlings had been through three years of doctor’s appointments and tests, knowing something wasn’t quite right, when he was finally diagnosed with an ependymoma brain tumour.

When Mary Rawling’s husband, Stu, was diagnosed with a brain tumour in September 2016, she jumped into caregiver mode. Living in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. at the time, Stu had been referred to London, Ont.

Five minutes at a time. That is how Stéphanie Morissette managed through what no parent should ever have to experience, and it’s the advice she gives to other parents navigating the same devastating path.