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Lyell Tweed & Will Hayward

How a little bruise on a baby lead to a devastating diagnosis

It is the news that every parent dreads.

The family of 13-month-old toddler Harper Walker noticed a bruise on her eyelid but put it down to a small accident while playing. Mum Jenny Huddart and dad Adam Walker grew more concerned after the bruise kept growing and started to push her eye out of shape. They could tell that something was wrong and they sought medical help.

Following tests the family of seven were told just after Easter that Harper had neuroblastoma -a rare form of cancer that affects around only 100 children per year. Further tests would go to show this was a stage four, high risk, cancer metastases in multiple locations across her body.

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