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Lucy Laing & Aaron Morris

17-month-old Whitburn cancer battler's ovaries to be frozen so she can 'become a mother one day'

A girl battling a brain tumour is set to have one of her ovaries frozen aged just 17 months - as her mother hopes she too can become a mum one day if she wishes.

Tallulah Cox could be left infertile due to rigorous cancer treatment - with the operation being carried out before she starts chemotherapy next month.

Tallulah will be one of the youngest in the UK to ever have had the procedure performed, just two months following her diagnosis of the incredibly rare tumour.

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