{"id":5437,"date":"2016-06-17T13:22:39","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T03:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/?p=5437"},"modified":"2016-06-17T13:37:01","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T03:37:01","slug":"say-hello-to-seven-year-old-patient-bella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/say-hello-to-seven-year-old-patient-bella\/","title":{"rendered":"Say hello to… seven-year-old patient Bella!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nSeven-year-old Bella is celebrating 100 days cancer free after receiving a bone marrow transplant in March.<\/p>\n

Bella was initially diagnosed back in September following a two week cold that she couldn\u2019t shake. Her doctor suspected it may be\u00a0glandular fever and ran some tests; overnight the results came back confirming that Bella in fact had leukaemia.<\/p>\n

After a bout of chemotherapy it was discovered that Bella was resistant and the treatment was not working. Doctors decided she needed a bone marrow transplant, and in March Bella received a transplant that has seen her reach her 30, 60 and 90 day milestones all leukaemia free!<\/p>\n

But after spending many months at the RCH, including Christmas and Easter, mum Alison says the real celebrations will begin when Bella is back home and they can function as a normal family again.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe hardest part was after her transplant when she was isolation. She didn\u2019t see her siblings for three months,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019ll be a shock to go home as we\u2019re so used to being here 24\/7. But I can\u2019t wait for Bella to just be a kid. Being back at home with her older brother and sister, and back at school. She\u2019s also really missing our puppy Indie.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bella is now concentrating on getting her gut back to full health so she can return home and continue painting, singing and dancing \u2013 her favourite hobbies!<\/p>\n

Send your best wishes to Bella below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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