Emily Whitehead was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia 14 years ago. The initial prognosis was hopeful, but her treatment did not go well. Emily, who was just five, reacted badly to the standard course of chemotherapy, which caused severe pains in her legs. About two years after her diagnosis, by which time most childhood sufferers are in the clear, the American schoolgirl suffered a relapse. The doctors recommended further intensive bouts of chemotherapy and a bone-marrow…
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