March 19th 2012
Three weeks after Emily’s second birthday she was diagnosed with Leukaemia (ALL )
The next 28 months
Emily and her family unknown to them were then going to be facing many miles of daily travel, unscheduled stop overs at Newcastle as poor Emily went through many procedures comprising of chemotherapy intravenously through her port, several lumber punctures intrathecal to help protect her brain, regular bone marrow aspirations plus chemo daily when she was at home.
Where are all of these bone marrow donors when you need one we asked and then we got some fantastic news as a donor was found with a perfect match of 12 out 12 .The donor was her brother, her best friend and her life saver Alfie.

Jan 2014 was very special as Emily was allowed home for a few weeks.
February 2014 Emily returned back to the RVI to be prepared for the transplant. Again she endured more intense treatment and nine sessions of radiotherapy, six of these were fully body treatments and three to her head.
Next the bubble unit on ward three at the RVI where visitors were down to four until after Emily’s transplant, this included Mum, Dad and her best buddy Alfie who would go eight weeks without seeing his sister. This was now the family home where shift patterns were needed as her parents alternated between caring for Emily and Alfie; difficult times for all were now more intense and many hours and days of tears rolled down everyone’s faces.
March 27th 2014 Emily has her transplant donated by her brother Alfie.Jan 2014 was very special as Emily was allowed home for a few weeks.
February 26th 2015
Emily’s bloods were taken and were showing to be good, she was then taken to the theatre for a bone marrow aspiratioA few hours later we were told our worst fears, Emily had relapsed for the second time eleven months after her transplant. .
Now we need to find that cure for Emily who is terminally ill , your donation will help.