A toddler sent home from hospital with constipation was given a devastating cancer diagnosis just days later.
Gracie Tudor, two, had become restless through the night of March 13, and when she began screaming in pain her mum - Claire Jones - rushed her straight to hospital.
Medics at Dudley Urgent Care Centre at Russells Hall Hospital in the West Midlands, told the worried mum that Gracie had constipation and tried to send her home with laxatives. But Claire said she 'knew something else was wrong', and asked for a second opinion.
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The Trust said Gracie had been treated in line with her symptoms. They added she and her family had also been supported with next steps following her full diagnosis.
Claire, 33, told BirminghamLive: "We were put into a room on our own and she just slept. It took 12 hours for a doctor to come and see us - we got there at 8am and they finally came at 8pm.
"She had no cover and was sweating. She was really flush in the face and I was worried the constipation had gone septic. I raised the alarm and said I need a doctor right now. They said she needed fluids asap and she didn't even flinch when they put the canular in she was that lethargic."
Gracie was given antibiotics for two days before being sent home on March 15. Claire says during this time, no investigations or scans were done. A few days later, Gracie was crying in pain once again. Claire rushed her back to the urgent care centre at Russells Hall Hospital on March 18 and was concerned that she could have an appendicitis.
Claire continued: "We went to ultrasound and the men did not speak to me. They were scanning her and she was crying and sweating - I've never seen sweat like it. He ran out of the room and punched his number into his door and grabbed the phone.
"We get back upstairs and I settled her down. Forty minutes later a nurse came to get us and I thought it was an appendicitis that went bad. The doctor was struggling to get words out and I said 'just tell me'. They told me they had found a large mass on her liver.
"I asked if it was cancer and they said they didn't know." Gracie was taken to Birmingham Children's Hospital by ambulance later that night.
Following two biopsies, the tot was diagnosed with a neuroblastoma on her adrenal gland. Claire said: "They thought she was bleeding internally. One doctor told us 'her illness has taken a nosedive.'"
Gracie's tumour is 15x10cm and "protrudes out of her stomach," Claire said. "Grace is 11kg at the moment, she is absolutely tiny, she is skin and bone."
The tot began chemotherapy treatments on April 6. Her mum and dad, Ste, have been told that Gracie has a 24% chance of survival if she goes through the aggressive treatment.
Her parents are hoping to take her overseas for medical care not available in the UK and have launched a GoFundMe page to raise money for this. Claire said: "The symptoms are rising again with flushness and the sweating - it is a matter of life and death. We are looking at a trial in Germany and treatment in the USA."
Claire now wants other parents to be aware of the symptoms of neuroblastoma. She said: "I'm back in mom mode and try to be positive for her. All I can do is have hope. I can't thank people enough for their help. Parents need to know about this, it was missed for two weeks.
"If it ever gets to a point where treatment isn't working, I will not let her suffer. So we have to take it cycle by cycle and day by day."
Diane Wake, chief executive of the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust NHS, said: "Our thoughts are with Gracie and her family at this time and we wish them well with their fundraising efforts.
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