A schoolgirl was told by doctors to cut out sweets and fizzy drinks just weeks before receiving a devastating diagnosis that changed her life.
Lyra Cassell's mum Hayley said she was a "fit and healthy" teenager who had just "smashed her GCSEs" and was kept busy outside of school running five times a week with Liverpool Harriers and Athletic Club.
Her mum added that "everything was going well for her" until the 16-year-old discovered a lump in her groin, according to the Liverpool Echo.
Hayley, 41, explained that the she initially put down her daughter's persistent tiredness to the active and busy life she led.She said: "[Lyra] works in Gino's restaurant in town part-time on the reception and she also taught dance in Liverpool College to
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