A Fatal Mistake Was Made By A Hospital

When Bonnie’s parents observed a strange bulge on her left arm at the age of five, they took her to the hospital.

She was sent home with her arm in a sling after the doctors informed them that it was only a sprain.

Two months later, Bonnie’s parents were given the sad news that it was actually an aggressive cancer and they had just months left with their little princess.

In the time since she had first gone to the hospital in December – just days after celebrating her fifth birthday – the cancer had spread to her lungs through her bloodstream and the tumour in her arm was restricting blood flow and releasing toxins that damage the kidneys.

Specialists said the young child would have to have her arm amputated to stop further damage before then being started on palliative chemotherapy.

The cancer, Rhabdoid Sarcoma, is said to be exceedingly rare but aggressive, only affecting approximately eight children a year.

Speaking to MailOnline, step-mother Caroline Spence said: ‘It’s been horrific. It’s been really tough.

 ‘A lot has happened in a small space of time, it’s hard to process.

‘It’s really upsetting having to watch her with her little one arm, trying to do everyday tasks that we take for granted.

‘We’re just trying to navigate giving her the best time we have left with her. We want the entire time to be really special for her.

‘Her arm was amputated on March 3 and she started chemo on March 5, so two days later. So it’s been a lot for Bonnie.

‘It’s a really aggressive chemo because the tumour is so aggressive. 

‘They’re giving her chemo to hopefully give her a bit more time with us, but there is no cure.

‘If her body responds to the chemo, then we’ve been told we have six to 12 months, 12 months as the absolute max.

‘If it doesn’t respond to it, then they say they’ll stop it and she’ll have a month or two after.

‘We’ve been trying to protect our other two children from it all, who are eight and two.

‘My eight-year-old Jennifer is aware Bonnie is ill but doesn’t know she is terminal.’

Bonnie, who loves music and is constantly eager to play outside, is presently being looked for in Newcastle by her father, Iain Spence, and her stepmother, Caroline, with frequent visits from her mother, Zoey.

This kind of cancer is so horrible, and if these doctors sent her home without performing an X-ray or CT scan, they should be put to shame, and they should be sacked and never allowed to practice medicine again.

This little girl was misdiagnosed, but due to the parent’s persistence, she received the correct diagnosis – not everyone would have returned to the hospital after already being diagnosed by a seemingly all-knowing doctor.

This poor little girl was failed again by the NHS – they ignore people’s concerns time and time again and it is appalling.

Will the doctor who sent her home without doing the necessary blood tests be fired and accused of negligence? I really doubt it. Honestly, I’m not a doctor and even I know that doesn’t look like a sprain.

What kind of doctor ignores this type of lump as a sprain? Just who are we employing in our hospitals? I realise there is little funding in the NHS but this is unacceptable and negligent medical practice.

I’m curious to know what CEOs in the healthcare sector think about this.