Overview

• Aubrey’s early leg pain was attributed to growing pains before a rapid downturn with widespread spots and vomiting blood led to a 999 call.
• Broomfield Hospital clinicians suspected leukaemia and arranged her transfer to Great Ormond Street Hospital, where B‑cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia was confirmed by bone marrow biopsy.
• She required intensive support including transfusion, antibiotics, multiple cannulas, intubation and sedation before infections were controlled.
• Chemotherapy began about a week after admission, was followed by immunotherapy, and she returned home in May; she is now finishing a second chemo round before an expected 18‑month maintenance phase.
• Her family credits GOSH teams and support services, notes months of missed school as she prepares to rejoin classmates, and encourages donations to the GOSH Charity cancer centre appeal.