Overview
- Aubrey’s early leg pain and later distended tummy were initially put down to benign causes, with early blood tests not yet detecting leukaemia.
- After waking covered in spots and vomiting blood in April, she was rushed to Broomfield Hospital, where a haematology clinician suspected leukaemia.
- She was transferred to Great Ormond Street Hospital, admitted to PICU, intubated, and a bone marrow biopsy confirmed B‑cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
- Chemotherapy began about a week after admission, she later received immunotherapy, and she was discharged home in May.
- She is nearing the end of a second chemotherapy cycle with an 18‑month maintenance phase planned, and her family credits NHS and GOSH teams while supporting GOSH Charity’s cancer centre appeal.