Bella wants to get home from Xmas this year after spending the last two in hospital fighting cancer – you can help by donating to our Smiles at Christmas campaign
Brave tot, 5, wants to get home for December 25th — so she can be there when Santa comes
BATTLING Bella-Rose Leach wants to get home for December 25th — so she can be there when Santa comes.
The five-year-old spent the last two Christmases in hospital being treated for blood cancer.
Bella, who cannot recall a time when she was cancer-free, says: “I don’t want any more yucky medicine and want to be there when Father Christmas comes.
“I’ve seen Mummy cry because I’m in pain. I hope to get better so I can be a princess with long hair. Maybe Father Christmas will make me better.”
The charity was founded in 1988 by Eddie O’Gorman after cancer killed son Paul, 14, and daughter Jean, 29.
He says: “All nine children being treated with Paul died. I promised him I’d change that.”
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