Babies can be born with cancer - and I dread it returning in my precious girl

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'Child cancer can be so complicated. Although major improvements have been made in survival for children with leukaemia, it can come back – and when it does, treatment options are limited.'

2017 – but my pregnancy gave no warning of what was to come.

Igor and I were in so much shock that we didn’t know what to say to each other. The next few days were a blur of hospital transfers, tests and tears. I remember feeling completely numb. It’s rare for a baby to be born with leukaemia, but to be born with a mix of two kinds is nearly unheard of. She couldn’t go near any other children or even outside much for fresh air. Such normal things that other families take for granted. I’d get upset sometimes when I saw children playing in parks near the hospital.

Following the chemo, in spring 2018, consultants told us that Amelia’s best chance of survival was a stem cell transplant, taken from a donor’s bone marrow. At last we got to live as every young parents should – we introduced her to friends and family, and watched her own little personality beginning to form. She always seemed so happy and cheerful despite all that she had been through.

 

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