It was eventually discovered that she had bone cancer
A woman who was told she had 'growing pains' as a child lost her leg to cancer. Megan Squire was 11 when she started to feel pain and fatigue in her right leg.
And she had to deal with an extreme reaction to the treatment. It was initially thought she had a bleed on the brain and she went into a coma. Megan's doctors had only seen one other child have the same reaction before and were very worried. Megan had to wait until she was 16 to be fitted with the robotic leg, which proved to be transformational. Megan was able to return to school in 2012 having missed a full academic year.
Megan said: "Looking back, it was a really hard time for me and my family. But we had to focus on the treatment and the long road ahead. Alder Hey Children’s Hospital is one of the many centres across the UK taking part in ground-breaking clinical trials coordinated by Cancer Research UK’s Children's Cancer Trials Team. These trials make innovative new treatments available to children with cancer in Liverpool/across the region.
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