Ashleigh was complaining of pain in her leg in November 2016, we as parents put it down to growing pains, she kept complaining so i took her to our local A&E where they carried out an x-ray. We were then told by the registrar that his "gut" feeling was that she had cancer....This as you can imagine was a parents worst nightmare. We then had additional tests and it was confirmed that Ashleigh had an Osteosarcoma. Osteosarcoma, or osteogenic sarcoma, is a rare type of bone cancer. Osteosarcoma usually develops in growing bones. It‘s most common in teenagers and young adults. Any bone in the body can be affected, but the most common sites are the arms or legs, particularly around the knee joint.
Ashleigh has been receiving intensive Chemotherapy since the diagnosis and is very weak and unable to move around for long periods of time. She is due to have an evasive operation on the 31st January to remove the tumour. The surgery will leave her Wheelchair bound for sometime so we are looking to adapt the family home to enable Ashleigh to live a normal life in this period of restricted mobility. Any amount you can give will be a great help. Thank you so much. X