Toddler's cancer symptoms 'dismissed' as constipation until mum insisted on further tests
The family of a toddler with cancer claim they were initially told she was suffering with constipation and say they had to insist on further testing.
The NHS worker, from Runcorn, said she feels let down by the care her daughter received, the Liverpool Echo reports. Ella began to spend more time in Warrington Hospital and Claire claims she was initially told her daughter had constipation or a viral infection.Ella underwent an ultrasound which revealed she had a large mass at the back of her stomach after being referred to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.
“I was just told it was a viral infection until we got to the point where she was that bad and I wanted something done. It gradually got worse over four weeks until she was crying with pain curled up in bed."Claire continued: “Gradually it got worse again so I took her to Warrington hospital, but they wouldn’t do bloods. They made us wait two weeks to have bloods done.
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