Family given devastating diagnosis after noticing something on baby's eye
A family have been left devastated after their 16-month-old tot received a heartbreaking diagnosis. Harper Walker was just 13 months old when her parents started noticing a bruise on her eyelid.
READ MORE: Kind actions of stranger bring smile to face of family as son rushed to surgery after 'screaming in pain' "At first the doctor wasn't concerned and said to come back in two weeks if it hadn't gone but by that point it would have been five weeks. The day after we called to get a referral to an eye specialist but that was going to take another week as it had kept changing shape so we called 111 who told us to go to Salford Royal.
On being told this news Jenny said: "It was as if it wasn't happening. We felt numb. We started Googling things even though you're not supposed to and saw the stats for this which aren't great. They are looking to get Harper treatment at the pioneering Sloan Kettering cancer centre in New York to give her a new form of treatment that increases her chances of survival up to 60 to 70 per cent. However, the treatment alone for this costs more than £280,000 with multiple trips over to the States needed for this.
Jenny added: "It's just heartbreaking. She's a dead happy child who's always smiling. We really want to give her the best chance to fight this.
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