Briannas journey through life

14/04/2026

Hiya everyone 🥰

We’re sorry for the silence on the page, we were enjoying being at home and living the no Brianna drama at home 😂 we also got struck down with a very bad head cold last week, Brianna has it at the moment but she’s doing absolutely amazing and being the absolute superstar that she is.

A few little photo updates of the princess herself & of course this time we have her and her kitty cat enjoying her acheeva 🥰 to say this piece of equipment was a godsend doesn’t even cut it. Will be Forever grateful to Belfast Breakfast Baps & Stratto & of course every single one of you who donated to Make it happen for Brianna 💞

25/03/2026

Today was one of the best mornings we have had in a long time as a family, this morning John, Brianna & myself went to watch our big man’s last ever primary school play 🥹

To get ready and leave the house to do something most people take for granted was a BIG deal for us, I left Johnnys school with so much love in my heart for the amount of people that was so happy to see us 🥰

We kept Brianna under her rain cover during the show until she got a photo with her big bro to keep her as safe as we possibly could an keep the big bad germs away.

we’re so proud of Johnny joe and all his school friends for the show they put on this morning 🩵

16/03/2026

If I could go back and say no to this life… would I?
Absolutely not.
Not for one second.

Would I take away her disease if I could?
In a heartbeat.
To give her an easier life.
To take away the pain, the struggle, the fear.
Absolutely.

But that’s not possible.
That’s not how her story was written.
It’s not in her biology.

So I would accept this life with her exactly as it is, without hesitation.

Because this life…
the hard, complicated, overwhelming one,
is the life that gave me her.

It is exhausting.
It is heartbreaking.
It is tragically beautiful.

It’s a life built on sacrifice and lessons that have changed me in ways I will never fully be able to explain.

It’s living with the quiet awareness of a loss so profound it steals the air from my lungs… even before it happens.

And somehow, instead of stopping me from living, it made me live bigger than I ever had before.

I smile bigger.
I laugh harder.
I hold tighter.

Before her, I took life for granted.
I lived recklessly.
I made stupid decisions.
I moved through the world without understanding the weight of it.

I didn’t see how fragile it all was.
And most people don’t,
until that fragility is staring them in the face.

Loving a medically complex child will break you open.
It can destroy you.
Or it can change you.

I chose change.

And I wouldn’t undo a single second of it.

Written by: Carla Moore from Payton's Path ♥️

16/03/2026

PICU.
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

The floor where the sickest children go.

Where monitors never stop beeping.

Where every number on a screen suddenly matters more than anything else.

Trauma.
Critical illness.
Life threatening emergencies.

It’s also the place where parents sit down with doctors and hear their child’s percentage of survival.

Numbers no parent should ever hear about their child.

Even if you walk off that floor one day holding their hand, the PICU never really leaves you.

Because once you’ve watched machines breathe for your child and heard survival odds spoken out loud, you walk out a different person.

More grateful.
More aware.

When you’ve seen the PICU,
you understand how precious “normal” really is.

15/03/2026

5 years ago today we shared Briannas story with the world.. she has came a hell of a long way since then with many hurdles along the way and she’s smashed everyone of them 💪🏻 what a gal 🥰💜

15/03/2026

We would like to wish all you special mothers out there a happy Mother’s Day & we hope your all spoiled rotten 💜

A very big happy Mother’s Day to all Briannas aunties in causeway children’s ward, these ladies hold a very special place in our hearts as you all know and we hope they enjoy their day 🐝💞

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13/03/2026

Today we want to take a moment to appreciate not only the people who donated to make this happen for Brianna but the men behind it.

Mark young Belfast Breakfast Baps - a week ago we sat as a family thinking how can we make this happen for Brianna to get her this acheeva, little did we know that our paths would cross an Brianna would steal another heart along the way. Our family could never say thank you enough for what you have done for us all but most of all how happy you have made a little girl in her daily life. You put your whole heart & soul into making sure that target was met & more 🥹 you my friend will always have a seat at our table no matter how good or dark the days may be, we have made family & friends for life 💜 so thank you mark from the bottom of our hearts & we look forward to coming to see you soon with Brianna & be ready for photos and tears 🫣🥹

Our G Stratto - 2 years later this guy is still mine and Brianna’s biggest supporter, he was able to just fit right into our crazy family and that day we knew we gained another family member by chance & choice. If it wasn’t for Stratto mark would have never stumbled across Brianna & her story 🥰 so for that we can’t thank you enough for still showing how much our daughter means to you, you still continue to help fight for what Brianna needs and what will make her life more comfortable 🐝💜

Every single donation made big or small didn’t go unnoticed and it means the world to us that our wee Brianna has touched the hearts of many again & her story is still very much out there. Just a gal fighting everyday to be here with her family & a mammy that will take on the world to fight for her rights 🙏🏻

So a big thank you to everyone again for what use have done for our family and the difference it will make 🥹

All our love the McMullan & Millican family ###

13/03/2026

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11/03/2026

Absolutely incredible, the community of NI coming together agin for our wee Brianna 🥹🐝

A big thank you to mark Belfast Breakfast Baps for putting his time & efforts of bringing a community together to make this happen & that extra mile by getting to know Brianna & our family & the daily struggles we face. You will always hold a special place in our hearts for what you have now done for Brianna & me 💜

A big thank you to Stratto if it wasn’t for the love he has for wee 🐝 mark would never have came across Briannas story and asked about it. A little girl Stratto walked in and met in 2024 now holds a very big & special place in his heart as he does ours 💜

FOREVER GRATEFUL 💜
FOREVER BLESSED 🙏🏻

All our love the McMullan & Millican family ###

10/03/2026

Let’s help get Brianna this bit of equipment that will make her life that little bit easier 💞

My name is Mark and I run Belfast Breakfast Baps. Most days I’m either cooking food, walkin… Mark Young needs your support for Brianna’s Journey Through Life

10/03/2026

https://www.gofundme.com/f/a9jf3-briannas-journey-through-life/cl/s?utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp20_t2&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&lang=en_GB