Perth mum uses hemp oil medicinal cannabis to treat daughter with rare disease
PERTH mum Joelle Neville would do anything for her epileptic daughter, including buying her marijuana.
Ava Neville was diagnosed with tuberous sclerosis, a rare genetic disease that causes benign tumours to grow in the brain, and her condition was declared “inoperable” in 2013 after two failed brain surgeries.
“We were told she was no longer a surgical candidate, so we were left with nothing,” her mother said.
“We were so desperate this time last year that I would have gone down to the corner and bought pot. I would have tried anything.”
Luckily, it didn’t come to that.
More than 20 anti-epileptic medications later, Ms Neville has finally found a lasting treatment for her daughter through “hemp oil”, a form of medicinal cannabis.
The only catch is the treatment has not been legalised in WA.
Ava’s progress prompted her mum to make a...
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