Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

Full text is below. Auto-generated description: A gold ribbon is shown alongside the text September is Childhood Cancer Month, highlighting awareness for the cause.

Auto-generated description: Around 150 children aged 0-14 in the UK will be diagnosed with cancer this month. Auto-generated description: A golden ribbon is shown alongside the text stating that 17 children a year are diagnosed with hepatoblastoma, with a personal note about Tabby. Auto-generated description: A yellow ribbon is shown alongside text explaining that hepatoblastoma is treated with chemotherapy and surgery to either remove the tumors or perform a liver transplant. Auto-generated description: A gold ribbon is accompanied by handwritten text listing long-term side effects of chemotherapy, including heart damage, hearing loss, fertility problems, and kidney issues.

September is Childhood Cancer month.

This month around 150 children in the UK aged 0 to 14 will be diagnosed with cancer.

17 children a year are diagnosed with Hepatoblastoma (this is what Tabby had).

Hepatoblastoma effects children under 5 (Tabby wasn’t even 2).

Hepatoblastoma is treated with chemo and surgery to either remove the tumours or a liver transplant.

Long term side effects of chemo include:- Heart damage, hearing loss, fertility problems, kidney issues (and more).

Tag your local (and not so local kids cancer charity below).

We were heavily supported by The Latch Wales and often stayed in the Ronald McDonald house.

Read the full story about Tabby’s cancer here - [https://renfys.co.uk/2024/10/21/no-one-spotted-my-toddlers-cancer/]