Scots mum devastated after five-year-old with 'tonsillitis' given leukaemia diagnosis
A devastated Scots mum has told how her "world collapsed" when her five-year-old boy was diagnosed with leukaemia.
"It was initially put down as tonsillitis so we took him home and started on antibiotics, but they never helped at all. We went back about a week later and did bloods. Stephanie said: "He is only five so he doesn't fully understand a lot of things. At the start he was really anxious - when the nurses came near he wasn't having any of it.
She said: "I feel like I was taking everything for granted before. We would just go to soft play or the park but now we aren't allowed to go because the chemo has knocked his immune system. Stephanie now hopes her family's story can help others who may not have noticed the signs in their own children.
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