New Moon Tattoo Studio on Nottingham Road held a special flash tattoo event on Saturday, April 27, in support of a fundraiser for 31 year-old mum-of-two Denny Pearson, from Heanor, who beat cervical cancer more than five years ago but it has now returned and spread to her lymph nodes, neck, abdomen, thorax and upper abdomen, making it sadly terminal.
The tattoo event was part of an ongoing fundraiser by run by Denny’s mum Caroline Pearson.
Posting on the fundraiser’s gofundme page, Caroline said: “As a mother its almost unbearable watching her suffer and go through so much pain and fear and not be able to make it all better for her.
"One of the things I can hopefully do, however, is try to help denny have the best life she possible can while she is still alive, allow her to fit in a life time of good times in a short time,help her create memories for her two children that she will be leaving behind.
"I'm asking for your help to raise money to give her a chance to be able to afford to take her children on holidays and days out, memorable happy times so she can leave smiles and giggles behind.”
And New Moon helped answer that call of support with it’s flash event that saw 19 tattoos done for supporters.
Sam Smith, New Moon’s owner, said: The day went amazingly, we had a much bigger turn out than ever anticipated and I’m incredibly grateful that I had the opportunity to raise that amount for the fundraiser with everyone’s support.
"We are considering doing another day for everyone that missed out.
"Denny is so appreciative, she’s such a strong, positive and kind lady and deserves all the support in the world so I’m happy to help in the small way I could.”
Caroline continued on gofundme: “ Doctors can't give us a time on how long my amazing girl will be with us for.
"All we can do is hope and pray for as much time as possible.
"Denny has now started palliative (end of life) chemotherapy and immunotherapy in hope of holding it back for as long as possible or until her body can no longer bearthe treatment.
"The treatment has hit her so hard already she's so poorly but is determined to fight till the end to stay with her children for as long as possible.”
To donate to Caroline and Denny’s fundraiser, visit gofundme.com/f/denny-to-leave-memories-of-her-while-she-still-can?utm_content=