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Kirsty McKenzie

Schoolgirl diagnosed with cancer after doctors tell mum she has a virus

A mum who trusted her gut instinct knew her young daughter was seriously unwell weeks before she was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour, she has said.

Ava Nelson, 10, had been feeling poorly for almost a month, but at doctors dismissed her symptoms as a viral infection and then stomach bug.

Despite numerous trips to both her local GP and to children's A&E, Jackie Dunlop was told her daughter was “fine”.

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