A mum whose daughter fought rare leukaemia has thanked the 40 people who saved her life with crucial blood transfusions. Aila Milne was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia when she was just five months old in July 2022.
The poorly tot underwent four rounds of gruelling chemotherapy coupled with up to three blood transfusions a day to recover her red blood cells and platelets. During treatment she had 40 transfusions from 40 different donors, which her parents credit with ''saving her life''.
After one last round of chemotherapy, on Christmas Day 2022, Alia, now one, was declared cancer-free a month later. She is currently thriving at home with parents Roisin Butler, 29, and Jason Milne, 31, a music student.
