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Ryan Thom & Sara Odeen-Isbister

Horror warning signs of three-year-old's cancer as parents assumed it was 'just a virus'

The parents of a three-year-old battling cancer say they mistook their daughter's symptoms for a virus.

Ava Bolton, from East Ayrshire, Scotland, developed bruising around her eyes and began walking with a limp towards the end of last year. She then became sick, lethargic and pale.

Her mum and dad, Scott and Natalie, both 34, initially assumed it was a virus, but when the youngster refused to walk they became more concerned and took her to see a GP.

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