A mum has spoken of her daughter's 'bravery' after she was given a horror diagnosis just days after she spotted something unusual on her back.
Six-year-old Heidi Howson’s life was turned upside down eight months ago when the family was told she had acute lymphoblastic leukaemia only days before her birthday.
She had been enjoying a day out with friends at Gulliver’s Valley theme park in Rotherham on a sunny Monday during the summer school holidays when her mother Lucy noticed purple spots on her back, and the same evening the family took her to A&E.
