In January 2021, Lucy was just like every other seemingly healthy 5.5-year-old-girl, excitedly preparing to start school, when she was diagnosed with neuroblastoma. Read more
At five days old, Elijah was diagnosed with neuroblastoma and just first week of his life, Elijah underwent two biopsy surgeries, many blood tests and scans. Read more
After months of misdiagnoses, including a middle-of-the-night emergency trip to the hospital, Emeline’s mum took her to a paediatric gastroenterologist believing her tummy issue was severe constipation. It turned out to be neuroblastoma. Read more
Lukas was growing up as a happy and super cheeky three-year-old. But in July 2019, he suddenly became very unwell. Read more
Read the stories of some of the brave children and their families affected by neuroblastoma. Thank you so much to our families for sharing their experiences and helping others going through this very difficult time. If you would like to share your story please click the button below or email us on [email protected]
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Although she experienced some milestone delays, 8-month-old Hayley was seemingly a healthy baby. However, after she developed an unusual rash and foot spasms, Hayley was taken to hospital where she was diagnosed with neuroblastoma. Read more
Xavier was diagnosed with stage 4 high risk Neuroblastoma at the end of March 2021, when he was just 3.5 years old. Read more
Just a few months before her 2nd birthday, Fiapule was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma. Read more
In the month before she was diagnosed Isabella started to lose weight, and various other symptoms started to make her very unwell. Read more
Monique noticed Maddie was starting to withdraw more and more from her usual activities and becoming very clingy, which doctors initially put down to a virus and the usual boundary-pushing of her age group. About a week and more doctors’ visits later Maddie ended up in the ER. Read more
At seven months, Kalynda lost complete movement in her body. Further diagnosis revealed a mass in her chest cavity pushing out her ribs and compressing her spine. It was an intermediate grade neuroblastoma. Read more
A normal, bubbly toddler, Willow Lawton was diagnosed with neuroblastoma at the age of 2 years and 9 months. Read the story of this brave little girl and her fight with neuroblastoma. Read more
In January 2018 after being dismissed many times from Emergency with what was thought to be a 'virus', 18-month-old Eleanor was diagnosed with Stage Four High Risk Neuroblastoma and began the fight of her life. Read more
Sienna Hoffman is the inspiration behind Neuroblastoma Australia. Sienna was born in London on 27th July 2007 and was a perfectly happy and healthy baby girl. Tragically, she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of neuroblastoma at just 7 months old and became a little angel on the 3rd February 2010. Sienna was just two and a half years old. Read more
Just before Christmas in 2017, Stephanie and Duane took their then 22 month old daughter Saskia to hospital because of a high fever. Read more