Girl, 14, suffered from nausea every day - now she has to learn to walk again

A 14-year-old girl has been forced to learn to walk again after nausea symptoms and dehydration.

Ismahan Ahmed suffered from vomiting, fainting, weight loss and severe dehydration everyday in 2019.

She was living in Kenya at the time, and doctors there weren’t sure what was wrong with the then 11-year-old, MyLondon reported.

However, upon her return to the UK, she was diagnosed with cancer at St George’s Hospital, in London.

Her nausea turned out to be a potentially fatal cancer.

Ismahan said: “I was living in Kenya at the time and the doctors weren’t sure what was wrong with me, but when we moved back to London, my mum took me to St George’s and just a few hours and multiple tests later I found out I had acute myeloid Leukaemia.”

After the cancer treatment, Ismahan was forced to learn to walk again with the help of physios and doctors (St Georges Hospital)

At first, doctors could not pinpoint what was causing her nausea (St Georges Hospital)

She had chemotherapy, but needed stem cell treatment.

Her own brother was a 100% match - and became her stem cell donor.

She added. “Everything was a success, until February 2021, and after my routine blood work my doctor noticed some bad cells showing I’d relapsed.”

Ismahan had to undergo more rounds of chemotherapy once again at St George’s, as well as another stem cell transplant at the Royal Marsden.

It was then that she became unable to walk - the chemo had left her with extreme weakness and stress-induced injuries.

She said: “It’s been such a difficult three years, particularly being in hospital during the pandemic, but having this goal and timeline to focus on has helped me stay positive.

“I’m so thankful to the entire clinical team. But particularly the physio team who have really helped me overcome the weakness I was experiencing and help build my confidence to succeed.”

St George’s treats over 130,000 children like Ismahan a year.

Those who have worked with her at the hospital speak of her “strength and resilience” in the face of incredibly hard times.

She is due to be discharged from the paediatric oncology team at St George’s, with a wheelchair for when she needs it.

Ismahan said: “Think positive and be patient as you don’t know what life will bring. I hope 2022 will be better. Keep smiling!”