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Cancer toddler gets 5,000 get well postcards

Two-year-old Jessie Stocks from Barnsley, Yorkshire was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) - a type of cancer that starts from young white blood cells called lymphocytes in the bone marrow. After a social media plea by her mother, Mel, Jessie has received over 5,000 postcards from well-wishers around the world.

“I thought I'd show her different places and brighten the (hospital) room. She’s been through so much.â€

Jessie hasn’t left the Sheffield Children’s Hospital in seven months.

“It’s been a long journey and she’s had lots of complications. But she’s making improvements, so we are talking her home for a few hours on oxygen then we'll be coming back. It's amazing."

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