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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Freya Coombes & Sara Odeen-Isbister

Girl, 4, diagnosed with potentially fatal illness after parents notice spotty tongue

The parents of a young girl who survived potentially deadly bone marrow failure knew something was seriously wrong when her tongue turned spotty.

Elsie Cartwright, now four, was rushed to hospital earlier this year where she received life saving blood transfusions before a bone marrow donor could be found.

At one point the youngster almost died of sepsis, but thankfully recovered and a generous person donated the bone marrow she needed.

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