On the 10th March we were given the news that no family can imagine or want ever have to process. Our beautiful, dainty, unicorn loving 3 year old niece Willow had been diagnosed with ALL. 

This news came 1 week after Willow's 3rd birthday, after a few trips backwards and forwards from the GPs with her concerned mom and dad Jess and Craig, who, knowing their daughter more than anyone knew that something wasn't right with Willow's health, but were told that her symptoms were down to viral infections. 

After a particularly unsettled night of Willow struggling with a temperature that could not be brought down, not wanting to eat, exhaustion and the appearance of blood spots on her face and body, Jess and Craig decided to attend A&E at Derby Royal Hospital on Thursday 9th March. 

After a full set of blood tests they were sat down and it was explained to them that they were looking at Leukaemia being the likely cause of the symptoms that Willow was suffering. 

The most unthinkable, biggest nightmare of any parent quickly became this lovely little families reality on Friday 10th March. 

They were swept up in a whirlwind of tests and medical jargon, whilst trying to remain strong and positive for their gorgeous little girl, who just wanted to go home and play with her toys and her baby brother and juggling their time between being in hospital with their poorly little girl and having time at home with their 8 month old son Teddy. 

We are pulling together as a family unit and trying to support Jess, craig, Willow and Teddy through this tough time, whilst trying to raise as much money as possible to fight childhood Leukaemia, to try and help other future families to not have to go through what ours is. 

Every penny of what we raise will be donated to Copa Del Cure Leukaemia, so please, please give what you can!!!

Cure Leukaemia helps blood cancer patients to access pioneering drug and transplant treatments by funding a network of specialist research nurses across the UK. Without these nurses, to ensure patients are monitored and cared for, clinical trials of these new treatments would not run and patients, that have exhausted standard treatment options, would miss out on potentially lifesaving therapies. Every penny raised for Cure Leukaemia helps save lives and also hastens global progress towards the eradication of all forms of blood cancer.