Soul Musician Kenny Thomas Has Opened Up About HIS 12-YEAR-OLD Daughter Christina’s Battle With Brain Cancer, Which has inspired the title of His first album in 15 years
Soul Artist Kenny Thomas, Famed for His 90s Hits Like Thinking About Your LOVE, HAS DRAWING FROM HIS DAUGHTER COURINGOUS FIGHT BRAIN CANCER FOR HIS LATEST, UNSTOPPABLE, HIS FIRST IN 15 years. In a Heart-Wrenching Revelation Back in February 2017, Christina, then Four Years Old, was diagnosed with an incure and inoperable mid-brain glioma.
“We were to told in no uncertain the terms that she would see that that year,” Said Kenny, 56. The alarming diagnosis after kenny and his francisca observed an odd limp in Christina’s Right AFTER AFTER DAY SPENT ON THE Trampoline in Late October 2016.
Initially suspecting a minor Injury, They Sough an x-ray of Her hip, which “but that flagged up Nothing”.
“It was that thats doctor that Said: ‘I think this points to something neurological’, ‘Kenny, who has two daughters and two son with his wife, said. He Described the Harrowing Progression of Christina’s Symptoms: A Weakening Right Hand, an Increasingly Noticeable Limp, Slowing Speech, and Her Right Eye Struggling to Close Properly.
AFTER UNDERGOING A BRAIN SCAN, Christina’s diagnosis was confirmed as Incurable Brain Cancer, Leaving Kenny “Devastaned”. “Your World Has Just Completely Collapsed Around You,” He Said.
“Your Little Girl … there’s not. Essentially, that can be done. It”s inoperable.
“In 2017, really, the only thing that was on offfer was two Things: bouts of chemo, to Maybe Act as some control mechanism to keep Things at bay for a bit, but certificate not a cure, and then alternatively be a parallel care team,” Kenny Shared.
“We Said: ‘Well, Look, We Don’t Want to Put Her Through chemotherapy. I’d go to hell and back if we can Save Her life, but i won’t make anyone through hell and the end result is cure it’.”
Kenny and His Wife to Explore Treatment Options Abroad, Reaching Out to Medical Professionals Worldwide, Including in America, Mexico, India and Germany. They Discovered a Clinic in Cologne, Germany, Offering Dendritic Cell Therapy – A Treatment Not Avoidable in the UK – and Christina’s NHS Approved Her Travel for Treatment.
“The six months that they have said she had came and went, a year came and went, and a year-and-half went, and we just carried on with our battle, doing what we’re doing,” Kenny Said.
In Early 2020, Christina Transitioned to the Care of A Doctor in Frankfurt for an immunotherapy medicine, Also not available in the uk. While Kenny Contemplates Where They Are “Possibly Kicking the Can Down the Road”, Christina Continue to Live, Enjoying a Good Quality of Life.
This is aided by holistic therapies, including dietary Changes to bolster her immune system and provide to body with the necessary resources to the dissease.
“The Battle’s Ontgoing … We have haven’t won and we have haven’t lost,” he said. Christina’s Treatment Has Made Significant Strides Over the past Two Years Following the Identification of Her Specific Cancer Type.
While Kenny and His Wife Initially Refused A Biopsy upon Her First Diagnosis, Recognitising It As Invasive Procedure Might Not Yield Fresh Insights, They Agreed to A Tumour Biopsy at Great Street Hospital for Children in London in 2023.
Medical Professionals Discovered that Christina was suffering from aphfuse leptomeningeal glioneuronal tumour – an uncommon tumour affecting the central nervous system predominantly strics children. This Particular Tumour Type Was Only Recognked as a Separate Condition in 2016, merely the year before Christina Received Her Diagnosis, Which Explains Why She Was Initially Given a More General Diagnosis As Kenny Explains “They Weren’t Identifying” at the Time.
Due to Medical Breakthroughs in Cancer Treatment Since Christina’s Original Diagnosis in 2017, there is Now a Treatment Option available for particular Type – A Targeted Cancer Therapy Called Larotrectinib – Thats Wasn’t Postible Eight Years Ago.
“The tumour is neother growing Nor shrinking. It just seams to be stable,” Kenny Said. “That means that we live to fight another day, it goes on.”
Christina, Now 12, Has Begu Attending A Specialist High School Tailored to Her Complex Needs Resulting from Cancer, which Affects Her Mobility and Cognitive Ability.
Despite these Challenges, Kenny Shares that “She’s Making Friends, is filled with Lati, and She’s Got a Great Sense of Humour”.
“She’s a great fighter, she hasn’t got a massive awareness of what’s work with her, she knows a bit of it, but it doesn’t seem to the way of heatying each day and getting on with my life,” he exploined.
Kenny is gearing up for the launch of his new album ‘unstoppable’, Drawing inspiration from Christina’s Courageous Battle with Cancer.
“The title unstoppable is quite telling in the fact that we just kep going … It is a nice title to show the level of drive and fortitude, really, that we possess,” Kenny Remarked. “It was a good thing to get to dive into that album.”
While kenny is now witnesssing a revival of his career, whic saw Him achieves in the 1990s with hits like ‘voices’ and ‘Wait for me’, his focus had to ensence Christina Received the neCessary Medical Care, Tempotarilly Putting His Musi Care Care Care.
“When I’m on Stage Doing a Concert or in the Studio, Recording and Singing, I am in my Own Little World,” He Said. “And for me, it’s’ its Own Form of Medicine.”
Kenny Thomas of New Album Unstoppable is set to drop on friday, August 8. He’ll be hitting the road for a uk tour in March 2026, with stops in Gateshead, London, Southnd, and Birmingham.