A teenager from Halifax has opened up about the heartbreaking moment she found out her mum had cancer, and how it’s pushed her to give back and raise money for a cause that means the world to her. Charlotte Hellowell was just eight years old when her parents sat her and her younger sister down to tell them their mum, Jacquie, had Lymphoma — a type of blood cancer that attacks the immune system.
What followed was a whirlwind of hospital visits, scary words no child should have to hear, and the emotional rollercoaster of watching a parent fight for their life. “I remember she had been ill for a few months with head pain,” Charlotte said. “Then I saw her after the operation — she had a scar from the top of her head to her ear”, reported Yorkshire Live.
