A Co Antrim family are backing a charity's campaign to 'give up clothes for good', after their young daughter was diagnosed with liver cancer. Two-year-old Ella Rose Smart, who was successfully treated for liver cancer last year, is joining her mum Nicola in backing TK Maxx's campaign, in support of Cancer Research UK for Children & Young People. Ella and her family, from Crumlin, are encouraging the public to donate any pre-loved quality fashion and homeware they no longer need to their nearest TK Maxx store.
Ella's family understand all too well the importance of new scientific breakthroughs and are now determined to help raise vital awareness and funds for life-saving research. READ MORE: Tributes to NI woman who died age 36 after skin cancer diagnosis READ MORE: Belfast appeal for family of seven-year-old on fight after tumour diagnosis When her mum Nicola was preparing to return to work in January 2023, following maternity leave, she was totally unaware of the disaster that was to befall her beautiful one-year-old daughter, Ella Rose. "Ella's stomach was swollen and her stools were light, " Nicola said.
"Obviously this concerned me so I visited my GP who queried a dietary problem, perhaps a milk allergy." "Changing her diet did not help and this led to the possibility of constipation being queried. "Unfortunately, at this stage we were struggling to get Ella to drink fluids.
And as the medication prescribed consisted of up to eight sachets per day dissolved in water, tha.