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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Freya Coombes

Boy rushed to hospital after feeling constipated diagnosed with cancer

Jam Press/Victoria Stainton

A single mother has revealed her struggle to look after her eight-year-old son after he was diagnosed with a terrifying deadly illness — and claims doctors missed the signs.

Victoria Stainton, 45, originally from Lincolnshire, rushed her son, Harrison, to hospital after noticing he was struggling to breathe.

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