Alexia Stevens, 34, of Cockle Bay, who has fought cancer for several years, died peacefully on Sunday (January 23).
Alexia was 28 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer (Times, October 27 2021) and fared well with early treatment.
Two years later, the cancer came back in her bones and brain. Her diagnosis was terminal stage four breast cancer.
It was in this time period where she wrote her humorous and adventurous children’s book The Octopus Visits Doctor Puss, starring an Octopus named Alex who goes to see Doctor Puss after he suffers from a missing tentacle. It is a journey, Alexia said, of self-acceptance.
“If you’ve got something that might be a little different, accept it yourself and everyone should accept each other,” Alexia said.
The book drew heavily from her own experiences with cancer and travelling.
Alexia’s husband, Warren, said on social media that she “fought to the end and went peacefully”. Her funeral was on Thursday at 10am at Howick Funeral Home.
