Urgent appeal to save life of girl, 13, diagnosed days after birthday View 2 Images

The family of a teenage girl who was diagnosed with an extremely rare blood disorder just days after turning 13 have issued an urgent plea for a stem cell donor to save her life. Millie Fairley, from Eastbourne, East Sussex, has aplastic anaemia, which affects around two people in every million in the UK.

The condition means the bone marrow cannot make enough new blood cells for the body to work normally, making it harder to fight infection, stop bleeding or carry oxygen. Millie’s mother Hayley Fairley, 47, said the diagnosis changed the lives of her family “overnight”, with her daughter now forced to isolate either at home or in hospital.

“My little girl should be starting teenage life, but she’s so

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