A seven year old girl has amazed her family and doctors after returning to school having waged a three year long battle against life-changing cancer. Nora Carter was diagnosed with a cancer of the kidney at just four years old in January 2020, after her family thought she was suffering from appendicitis and a urine infection.
Nora first became sick in late 2019 following a bout of vomiting, but following a visit to the GP her mum Gemma was told it was likely she had a urine infection and was given antibiotics. However things took a turn for the worst in January 2020, when she collapsed in her bedroom at her home in Dursley, Gloucestershire.
She was rushed to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital to undergo tests, and then was referred to to Bristol Children’s Hospital for what medics thought was a burst appendix. However, surgery soon revealed that Nora had a large tumour in the cavity which had attached itself to her kidney and the family were given the devastating news that Nora had stage 3 Wilms Tumour.
