Tragically, a “beautiful little diva” who envisioned herself as a paramedic someday passed away only six weeks after learning she had a brain tumour.
The untimely passing of Evie-Leigh Cormack, who had been experiencing severe headaches, double vision, and a loss of balance, has devastated her family.
This week, the 11-year-old passed away in Newcastle’s RVI Hospital. She had been identified as suffering from diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), a severe form of paediatric brain cancer for which there is no cure and no hope of survival.
‘She used to love being a mother figure to her brother Matthew and was a perfect role model for her younger sister Lillie,’ they said.
‘She loved to keep her mam and dad on their toes with her attitude and her sass, something that made Evie stand out and something her family and friends would never change for the world and certainly will never forget.
‘She was a really bright kid who really got stuck in, her motivation to start secondary school was to get the best grades to enable her to become a paramedic when she left school.’
Her devastated parents revealed just weeks before her death Evie spent the day with emergency services learning about the trade.
