DD's beautiful friend in the news

[FarloRigel]

My DD's lovely friend was featured in the Scottish Sun yesterday, she is only 7yo and very ill from a type of childhood cancer called neuroblastoma, which she has been fighting with incredible bravery for the last three years. Her treatment options in the UK have run out and her parents are desperately trying to fly her out to Mexico where a clinic has offered her some more treatment.

She is such a wonderful little person and it is breaking the heart of everyone who knows her for her to be in so much pain. In the wake of the story on the BBC site the other week about the disgusting fakers who pretend to have children with cancer, I wanted to let anyone who may have seen the story know that she is for real and someone on here knows her well and can vouch for her. For those of you who have not yet seen the story, it is here:

www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/scotlandfeatures/4360804/Flying-Olivia-to-Mexico-is-our-last-chance-to-save-her-life.html

She has been such a good friend to DD, taking DD under her wing on the hospital ward and always having time for DD no matter how ill she felt herself. Her parents are desperately trying to raise awareness of her story, so please share this far and wide. I will be sharing a link to this thread with her Mum, so if you have any supportive messages for the family at this terrible time for them, please feel free to add them below.

[1sassylassy]

Thoughts go out to the family and this little girl.

[whatlauradid]

My thoughts are with this incredibly brave little girl and her family through this traumatic time. I'm going to tweet this to raise awareness and I hope this darling girl gets the treatment she so desperately needs.

[edam]

I'm terribly sorry for your dd's family and friends. Neuroblastoma is a diagnosis you never want your child to have.

[FarloRigel]

Thank you very much. There is a picture of her in my photos (not my profile pic, that's DD) now so you can see her lovely little smile. There is an awareness video one of their friends put together for them too, you can see it here:

Their friend said 5yo by accident on the video btw, Olivia is actually 7, but everything else is accurate.

[KinkyDorito]

Hi Farlo. Try posting in chat for more traffic? Have shared link on our thread and on my ALL blog too.

I'd seen this on FB.

I hope they manage it.

[WidowWadman]

I'm so sorry for your daughter's friend and her family. And it makes me sad and angry how woosters exploit vulnerable families' hopes and fears.

[claig]

God bless her and her family, and I hope the treatment is successful.

[FarloRigel]

Thank you everyone. Kinky thank you for sharing, I have mentioned her in a thread on AIBU as well:

m.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/1492554-to-fucking-hate-this-monster

[cocolepew]

Beautiful children, your DD is a sweetie.

[Stinkyfeet]

Sending my thoughts and best wishes to Olivia and her family. I hope they can get through this dreadful time.

[Forwardscatter]

Neuroblastoma is a terrible thing for a family to go through.
But these sort of "last chance of cure" treatment promises make me furious. These "treatments" are untested, unregulated and potentially unsafe. They can plunge an already desperate family into bankruptcy.
I don't blame her family, in their despair, they are easy prey for this sort of scam. It just makes me angry to see a family in anguish exploited like that.
My best wishes to this little girl.

[FarloRigel]

Just so everyone knows, the treatment she is receiving is the same as this boy. I don't know enough about it to comment, but agree wholeheartedly that it would be a tragedy for this lovely family to be bankrupted paying for it.

[SkiBumMum]

So sad. There is a little boy local to us (Harpenden) in the same situation. He's had treatment before so none on the NHS this time i believe. Just awful

[Rosa]

Poor love , I hope they manage and it does work . If it was my DD I would do whatever I could as well.....