The mum and dad of a six-year-old girl knew something wasn't quite right when she started complaining of backache.
Stephen Bennett's youngest daughter, Leah, was just six when she was diagnosed with an "unknown tumour" in 2019 after suffering with backache on and off for a few months. After a year of treatment and medical professionals branding the mass "impossible" Leah was saved by staff at Alder Hey and Royal Liverpool hospitals in a risky six hour operation.
Before the surgery took place, staff created a 3D print of the tumour, which measured around 9cms long and was wrapped around her spine and blood vessels.
