A Scots mum said 'a weight has been lifted' as their young daughter with cancer finally goes in for potentially life-saving treatment after years of waiting.
Little Adeline Davidson, from Alness, in the Highlands, had been through a rollercoaster ride in securing stem cells for a transplant to help combat her rare blood cancer.
The four-year-old has spent half her life waiting and has twice been on the brink of undergoing the procedure, which will cure her of the disease, but on both occasions there’s been a last-minute hitch.
Now delighted parents Steph, 27, and Jordan, 28, have found a donor and the tot is undergoing chemotherapy at Glasgow Royal Children's hospital.
She will then go under the knife and potentially have her life transformed.
But mum-of-three Steph told the Record that there were still dangers ahead.
She said: "It's a relief! It feels like a weight has been lifted off us to get to this stage.
."..we are so close but at the same time now that we’ve come to this stage we have the hardest parts to come and the unpredictable, so we’re very nervous but staying positive and take one day at a time.
"Adeline will get chemo every day for about a week and then she will receive the transplant, after that it’s a case of waiting for engraftment and trying to keep her well.
"She will be at huge risk of infection and other things from the affects of chemo and the transplant itself."
In her short life little Adeline has had over 85 blood transfusions and the family are very grateful to all blood donors.
Steph added: "She has had over 85 transfusions, people that have regularly donated blood have kept her alive and stable over these two years and we are so grateful.
"Please if you are well donate blood, it can save so many lives.
"And thank you to everyone that has followed our journey and given us support"
A fundraiser to support the family has been set up online, to donate click here.
