A DAD suffering from a life-threatening brain tumour is set to welcome his second child into the world – the last he can father.
Steven Fry, 33, was diagnosed with cancer after he suffered a seizure and crashed the oil tanker he was driving in Beauly, Highlands.
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He was rushed to hospital following the serious smash on September 16, 2021.
Steven, from Inverness, was told the devastating news on May 15, 2022, after an MRI scan and he has not been able to work or drive since.
He has experienced frightening seizures and he is currently receiving gruelling rounds of chemotherapy, which has left him infertile.
Steven and his wife, part-time accountant Chloe, 29, are now preparing to welcome their second child on May 29 as she is 23 weeks pregnant.
They are parents to two-year-old Piper and are frantically trying to fundraise for potentially life-changing treatment.
Steven said: “My wife is pregnant. She’s 23 weeks pregnant today.
“That’s the last kid that I can have due to the chemo.
“I’m on the third set of chemo, I finish that in three days’ time, then
“I’ve got still another three sets that will finish at the end of May when the bairn’s due.
“When I got diagnosed with brain cancer last year. I went to Aberdeen where they kept my sperm as a backup.
“We’ve not asked what the sex is. We don’t want to know, it’s a surprise.
“I’ve had reactions against the chemo tablets. The first day it was a simple drip into my hand, I was fine after that.
“Then it was 10 days of chemo tablets after that. Once I started those tablets it made my muscles very inflamed.
“I had a very painful headache, like it was someone kicking my head. But it’s eased off.
“I’ve only got three days left of these tablets, then I’ve got five and a bit weeks before I start the next. I’ve only got three rounds after this.
“I can’t drive for another year. I’ve already had a year-and-a-half of no driving and that was hard being a professional driver.
“Christmas was happy. We spent it with Chloe’s sister as she’s up in Inverness as well.
“The wee one was so happy. She had a big smile and she was ecstatic at everything she opened.
“She wanted to play with everything. Seeing my wee one grow up is so good.
“I think if there was an extra inch I could’ve blown a tanker up. I was lucky.”
He added: “I’m more determined just to have my life and stay with my family.
“We’re all happy, I never want to just disappear and my kids don’t know what happened.
“We write cards every year for their birthdays and Christmases for the future in case something happens.
“It’s just one of those things for memories in case I do die at some point.”
Steven and his family are still seeking to fundraise £50,000 so he can receive state-of-the-art dendritic cell therapy.
We previously told how he said the treatment is his “last chance” to prolong his life and spend more precious time with Piper and Chloe.
Last November around £5,000 had been raised.
But over the past two months they have doubled the amount and reached £9,986.
Steven, originally from Bo’ness, Falkirk, said: “I’m happy people are trying to help.
“It’s mesmerising how you get people that know you and help you, then there’s people from random bits of the country that donate.
“Some people have lived through it themselves. Reading comments, some people have lost family members to brain cancer.”
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“I wish I had the money to help people. If I have the money in the future I will definitely help someone.”
Donations can be made here.
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