A teen was told she had anaemia the day before being told doctors thought she had leukaemia.
Ruby Walvin, a 23-year-old student at Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA) studying songwriting and performance and currently living in the Georgian Quarter of the city, found herself feeling fatigued but put it down to "student life" but was so pale she was "almost see-through". Three months later the then 19-year-old was walking home from a gig and collapsed.
At this point, other symptoms had begun to appear such as weight loss, bruising and shortness of breath. Ruby took herself to her local walk-in centre and was told she was anaemic before sending her home, although the swift diagnosis didn't sit right with the teen.
