What should have been a routine scan on her unborn child turned into a nightmare for a young mum. Emma Brooke, from Thornton in Merseyside, was in and out of hospital with cholestasis of the liver while she was pregnant with her youngest child Alfie.
The 22-year-old went for an ultrasound so doctors could get a clearer view of her liver. However, doctors found a 10cm tumour on her right kidney.
The mum-of-three was induced at 37 weeks, in July last year, so doctors could get a clearer view of her kidney, but just two weeks after giving birth Emma had to have it removed. On September 15 last year, Emma was diagnosed with papillary renal cell carcinoma - a type of kidney cancer.
