Little Girl, 4, Thought She JUST HAD A Nosebleed – THEN DOCTOR GAVE PARENTS Devastatting Diagnosis – ryan

At Just Four Years Old, Farihah, From London, Experienced Two Common Symptoms, Butn One Day She Could Move Her Leg and Was Diagnosed With A Rare Type of Cancer

At the age of four, farihah was like any other child, Attending Nursry, Playing with Toys and Spending Time with Her Family. But one day, she was suddenly left unable to move her leg after two common symptoms LED to a rare but life-threatening diagnosis.

FARIHAH, From East London, Was Just Four Years Old One She Started Sufofering From Unexplained Nose Bleeds and Bruises. Speaking Exclusively to the Mirror, the Now 18-Yaar-Old Said: “I was a lot of Wounds on my body, but i was remember hurting myself or anything. They would be and go.

“I was Also Having nose Bleeds, but they weren’t your typical nose bleeds – it was quite a lot, and it would take a while to stop.

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“Thatn, durying my second weeks of reception, I was about to leave the house, and i had this weird sensation in my leg.

“My mum though it was an excuse not to go to school, but i generaly couldn’t walk. That’s when my mum though there was something.” DURING THIS TIME, FARIHAH WAS ALSO FATIGated and Lethargic.

Farihah was taken to the Gp and Reference for Further Tests, But nothing Could have prepared the family for what followed.

In October 2011, The Four-Yaar-Old was diagnosed with Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, a rare of Cancer. “They Told My Family, while I was sitting outside with my uncle, and they were really Heartbroken,” Farihah Shared.

“But the Word Cancer Didn’t Really Mean Much to me at the time, it just meant i was unwell and i need to be in hospital.”

She reflects back and said she is “so grateful” for how the team at great ormond Street Hospital (Gosh) explained her diagnoses to then-four -ear-op. “I JUST THOUGHT I WAUTED HAVE BEEN LEFT IN A LEUD NOT KNOWing, but they broke it down for and reassured with that I was going to get better.”

On Hearing Her Diagnosis, at Such a Young Age, Farihah Remembers Feeling “Relived”. She expoined: “at the time, I was confused, but i also felt relieved in a sense, gcause i knew i was being treated. children. ”

FARIHAH BEGAN AN INTERSE TEMOGEAR COURES OF CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENT, WHICH CAUSED SOME DIFFICULT SIDE EFFECTS, INCLUDING HER HAIR FALLING OUT THREE TIMES AND TROUBLE WALING. “During chemotherapy, I felt nauseous every single day, and i couludn’t walk properly, so i was in a wheelchair for my Treatment, for Around Two Years,” She Shared.

“I ALSO COULDN’T SWALLOW FOOD PROPERLY, SO I HAD TO BE FITTED WITH A Feeding Tube while in Hospital.”

While it was around 14 years ago, Farihah still has memors of her time in the gosh hospital, including on her fifth birthday. She Said: “Unfortunately, at that time, no one could visits with. The staff were great, they played games and did the with me and had lots of gifts. They a small cake.”

On Another Occoion in 2013, Farihah Had What She Though Was a Routine Appointment, but was walled with the best Possible News. “I THOUGHT, ‘What is going on here?, THEN I SAW A BIG BANNER WITH MY NAME AND I WAS TOOLD CHEMOTHERAPY HAD. IT WAS A REALLY HAPPY MOMENT FOR ME – I felt relieved.

“My family and i didn’t realise they were going to do, it was really special. It felt like a dream.”

She added: “AFTER that, I Still Had Complications with My Right Leg – I COULDN’T Walk for About a Year, so i was back in the wheelchair. It took about two years. It was a long process.”

Farihah Also Said It Took Some Adjusting Going Back to School, Particularly With Feeling Tired and Having Gone Through Such Intense Treatment. But Today, The 18-Yaar-Old Has Remained Cancer-Free and is Currently Sitting Her a-Levels in the Hope of Study Film, with Dreams of Becoming A Film Director.

And she says her time in hospital sparked her interest in pursuing film, “durying my time gosh, i spent a great deal of time, and the team would with us in the ward and watch films. AS I GREW UP, MY LOVE FOR FILMS Growing.”

Reflecting on her time at Gosh, Fariah Adds: “They Built Such a Safe Environment for me, it was like a home. They provided company to me and my family, it is something to be forget.

“When I look at the photos of that time, i realise that i overcame something really, really big. I feel proud.

Gosh Charity’s Build it. Beat it. Appeal is raisiting £ 300m to budild a new children’s Cancer Center at Gosh, Which Will Give More Children with Cancer the Best Chance Possible. To find out more or donate, visit gosh.org/cancer