Aashna first showed signs of cancer when she started limping as she walked down the stairs at school. For an active and healthy child, it seemed okay. But what followed was a month of progressive loss of mobility, day by day. She began crying at school, taking naps after coming home, and complaining of bone pains even while standing. We dismissed her symptoms as tiredness and growing pains, too busy and hopeful that she’d get better.
Darcey was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) in November 2022 when she was just 17 months old. Her mum, Sophie, shares her story.
Life was turned upside down for us and Samuel’s two brothers when we were told he had a brain tumour. The tumour was removed in a long operation, but a few days later, we were given the devastating news that it was cancer. Soon after, we found out that it had spread and that there was another spot of disease elsewhere in his brain, making his condition high-risk of relapse after treatment, rather than the standard risk we were originally told.
Niamh was six years old when she was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2020. Her mum, Victoria, shares her story.
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Philippa was just two years old when she was diagnosed with Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), a cancer-like disease. Her mum, Claire, shares her story.
Scarlett-Anne was diagnosed with nephroblastoma, also known as Wilms tumour, at the age of four. Her mother, Abby, shares her story.
Mason was diagnosed with a brain tumour in February 2024 when he was seven years old.
Kimberley Hattersley-Barton was first diagnosed with cancer when she was just 13 months old and has received a further four diagnoses since.
Stanley was diagnosed with group A posterior fossa ependymoma, a type of childhood brain tumour, when he was six years old. His mum, Kirsty, shares his story.
