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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Patrick Edrich

Schoolgirl's 'sinus infection' was rare cancer as family vow to make memories

A mum whose daughter was diagnosed with a rare cancer after being told it was a sinus infection wants to make as many special memories as possible.

Kellie Atkinson's daughter Olivia was just three when she was diagnosed with stage four rhabdomyosarcoma - a rare cancer that mainly affects soft tissue in children. Kellie told the ECHO Olivia has undergone multiple rounds of chemotherapy but has now been told she won't be able to receive any more treatment.

Olivia is at present cancer free but doctors have warned when the cancer returns it will be terminal. Kellie said she now wants to make as many memories as possible with the "sassy, funny" six-year-old.

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