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Mum of brave young Scot born with rare genetic disease raises £4,000 to thank hero medics
dailyrecord.co.ukThe mum of a brave Scots girl who was born with a rare genetic disease has raised over £4,000 to thank hero medics despite her own serious health battles.Quinn Harrison, from Edinburgh, has Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome - where both internal and external parts of the body can grow too quickly.
The condition makes children more susceptible to tumours and kidney abnormalities, and at just five-years-old she was diagnosed with kidney cancer last year.The youngster spent Christmas in hospital undergoing chemotherapy so mum Samantha recently completed a triathlon to help give back to the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People (RHCYP) and help other families over the festive period.Samantha raised £4,182 for the Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity (ECHC) - despite also being diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes and hydrocephalus on the brain last year, as she now awaits major surgery.
She said: "These last two years have been the hardest of our lives and have had a major impact on my family."We were at RHCYP for a routine scan of Quinn’s organs when her consultant discovered a growth on her right kidney.
After nine hours of tests we were told that it was cancer."We were completely blindsided. Quinn started chemotherapy six days later.
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