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This living room opens a kitty so that her 3 -year -old daughter with cancer can return to Disneyland

Currently, the most important for us is to give it maximum joy“, Summarizes Priscillia Bertrand. She is the mother of Sya, 3, who has been fighting against brain cancer since her 17 months. After a first treatment finished in 2024 and a recurrence, the little girl followed a second therapeutic protocol which gave good results, to a new recurrence at the beginning of the summer. On July 23, 2025, the words of the oncologist have the effect of a deflagration. “”She told us that the chances of healing were tiny, and that it was necessary to focus on what is important for us, live quality moments, and create memories together“, Says Priscillia Bertrand, who awaits with a very small hope the results of a genetic research for a new treatment.

Naturally, the mother thinks of something that her daughter “speak every day“: return to Disneyland Paris, “Once again, hoping that it is not the last“. Priscillia Bertrand and his spouse Sylvain Giuliano then launch an online kitty in order to collect the money necessary to make the family trip: it would take around 3,000 euros, according to the mother.”We first shared it to our loved ones, on social networks, but we would need more visibility“Explains Priscillia, who had to stop working, just like his spouse, to take care of Sya and their two other children, one of whom is affected by behavioral disorders.

Moments to breathe with the family

The oncologist has “not spoken ofi“, So the parents are”in total uncertainty“As for the time they have left with their daughter. The priority is therefore to enjoy together, and a trip to Disney would be”a parenthesis“Happy in their complicated daily life. An opportunity to”blow, to enjoy, not to mention treatments, disease, etc.“, Also for Sya’s sister and brother.

Stella, 10 and Sacha, 8, were “a lot“by their sister’s illness. On talk a lot about Sya but it’s very hard too to them“, Specifies Priscillia Bertrand. Stella suffers from behavioral problems, and her brother Sacha also begins to present similar symptoms,”And the child psychiatrist told us that it followed all the anxiety linked to the disease their little sister“, Press the mother.

Priscillia Bertrand wants to realize Sya's dream: return to Disneyland Paris.
Priscillia Bertrand wants to realize Sya’s dream: return to Disneyland Paris. / Photo DR

Priscillia is also thinking about other family activity projects that she could finance using the kitty: a mountain trip with a sled dog ride for the girl who “has never known snow“And who”love dogs“, or even a meeting with a mascot of a cartoon character Pat’patrol of which she is a fan. “”These are not extraordinary things, but just moments to have fun, laugh, enjoy in family“, Wishes the mother.

A time trial

For now, “Sya is fine“, Apart from headache and epileptic crises, but”We do not know where we are going, how it will be in a month“Explains Priscillia Bertrand. For the moment, the prize pool has brought together € 2,242 and the Municipal Sports Office (WHO) of Salon-de-Provence also decided to support the family by planning to collect money for Sya on the occasion of the day of associations at the start of the school year and the fair marathon in October.

Priscillia Bertrand also holds a Facebook page and an Instagram account, called “The fight of Sya” where she posts photos and videos of her daughter, “To show who is sya, that she is a little girl full of joy and love and the importance she has in our lives“. “I need a project for Sya, having the impression of being useful for something for her, it helps me to hold“, Adds the mother, who hopes that the moments with the little girl, shared on social networks, will give visibility to her call to donations.

Facebook page: “The fight of Sya”. Instagram account: “Le_combat_de_sya”. Online prize pool on leetchi.com: “Dreams for Sya”.

felicity.rhodes
felicity.rhodes
A Boston-based biotech writer, Felicity peppers CRISPR updates with doodled lab-rat cartoons.
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