Healthy two-year old boy suffered an easy-to-dismiss symptom - his parents ignored it at first, but test later revealed it was cancer

A mum has told of how her 'whole world turned upside down' when her two-year-old son's unsightly bruise turned out to be a rare type of blood cancer. But within four days he was diagnosed with cancer Zak was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia — a rare type of blood cancer that affects about 760 people a year in the UK 'It was a very scary time for us all. Although they confirmed he did not have a 'flesh eating disease', Zak was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia — a rare type of blood cancer that affects about 760 people a year in the UK. Within weeks following his cancer diagnosis, Zak was on an intensive programme of chemotherapy and steroids treatment at The Royal Marsden Hospital Now aged four, every six months he has a lumbar puncture, as well as chemotherapy once a month and several other drugs administered at home, as part of his complicated treatment plan Amina says life with cancer is tough for Zak, with good days and bad days — when he feels sick, his jaw aches and his legs hurt. Amina says life with cancer is tough for Zak, with good days and bad days — when he feels sick, his jaw aches and his legs hurt.