![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/mum-reveals-the-moment-her-little-girl-was-diagnosed-with-aggressive-cancer/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/crop-20246200.jpg&description=A MUM has revealed the heart-shattering moment her young daughter's seemingly innocent leg pain turned out to be a sign of cancer, with a tumour found in her stomach. Apple Smith was just three-years-old when she was diagnosed with high-risk stage four neuroblastoma – an extremely aggressive cancer that had taken over all of her body. Apple Smith, who was diagnosed with neurblastoma, with her mum AntheaCredit: Jam Press Her leg pain turned out to be sign of huge tumour in her stomachCredit: Jam Press Apple with sister Lulu Smith prior to her diagnosis July 2021.Credit: Jam Press Apple on her first day of school last monthCredit: Jam Press In July 2021, Apple's mum and dad, Anthea Smith, 46, and Euriah Smith, 45, took their daughter to A&E after she began suffering leg pain. Doctors at first thought the pain was caused by inflammation of the hip joint and gave Apple ibuprofen to help. However, by August 2021, the pain became unbearable to the point where April couldn't stand, which spurred her parents to take her back to hospital one last time. After numerous X-rays, her parents received the shocking news that their girl was actually fighting cancer, discovering that the child had a large mass in her abdomen. "I felt like I had this big black ball of fear in my tummy that was so big, I could barely breathe," Anthea, who is a senior manager at BT, told NeedToKnow.online. "My biggest fear was that my daughter was going to die. "I knew she had a big tumour in her tummy and they said it was rare childhood cancer. "The tumour was spread around her kidneys, bowels, spine and ovaries. "I don't know anyone really that has had cancer, I didn't understand the terminology and I knew nothing about the cancer that Apple had. "I asked them the day she was diagnosed how long she had to live and the nurse looked me in the eye and said their aim was to cure her. "Ever since, we've clung on to that." When Apple was diagnosed, doctors found that the cancer had already spread across her){kind=link}
A MUM has revealed the heart-shattering moment her young daughter’s seemingly innocent leg pain turned out to be a sign of cancer, with a tumour found in her stomach.
Apple Smith was just three-years-old when she was diagnosed with high-risk stage four neuroblastoma – an extremely aggressive cancer that had taken over all of her body.
In July 2021, Apple’s mum and dad, Anthea Smith, 46, and Euriah Smith, 45, took their daughter to A&E after she began suffering leg pain.
Doctors at first thought the pain was caused by inflammation of the hip joint and gave Apple ibuprofen to help.
However, by August 2021, the pain became unbearable to the point where April couldn’t stand, which spurred her parents to take her back to hospital one last time.