Baby Melody's cold-like symptoms got worse in April this year. Tests unveiled her real battle

Parents thought a newborn baby's illness was just a cold, until she stopped feeding and going to the toilet. At first doctors wanted to send baby Melody home, but after tests came back with devastating news she has been in hospital for months - battling a high-risk cancer.

Rachel-Elizabeth Hewitt and Kevin Aggett took Melody, aged four months, to hospital when she was unable to breastfeed due to breathing struggles. While there it was found the newborn’s suspected cold was actually a form of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML).

“It didn’t feel real,” Rachel said. “I was so shocked, I had to ask the consultant to repeat her words. Hearing those words was like a stabbing pain in my heart.”

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