Harvey, 16 was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia after complaining of 'unbearable' pain in his back and legs.
A teenager was given a heartbreaking cancer diagnosis after a rash appeared on his body from his feet all the way up to his arms.
He was prescribed diazepam and sent home but the pain he was suffering from worsened very quickly. Jessica, who is a nurse, recalled her son crying in his room at night and ran him a bath to soothe the pain when she noticed a rash on his feet had spread to his arms. On February 14 after struggling to get a hold of a GP, Jessica and Stuart immediately dialled 111 and paramedics arrived at the house to take the teen back to A&E at Oldham. There he was given morphine to cope with extreme pain he was in and had turned very pale.
"Then I got my nurses head on and asked straight away what the next steps were." Harvey was transferred to Royal Manchester Children's Hospital that same day and further tests revealed he was suffering from Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia which is a type of blood cancer that starts from white blood cells called lymphocytes in the bone marrow.
"He has become nauseous, lethargic, and is hardly eating anything. It totally weakens his whole immune system." The mum-of-five has now taken the opportunity to issue a warning to other parents about the possible symptoms of his illness. She said: "Harvey could be stuck there for months, it all just depends on how his body reacts, although because of his age, they do generally have positive outcomes.
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