Nicole had a large cancerous tumour wrapped around her spine. She had surgery, then developed complications and was rushed back to theatre, but sadly it was too late to save her ability to walk and Nicole was left paralysed. On top of this she underwent the maximum amount of chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy that could be given to a child of her age. The tumour was still present so they started the very anxious ‘wait and see’. Lots of post was sent to Nicole to make her smile including this balloon one day – her little sister Lauren is in the box.

I’m very pleased to say Nicole is now 13 and she is cancer free. However, she is currently in hospital following spinal surgery so we sent her another balloon.

And it turns out Lauren can still fit in the box!!!

I think our cute poster girl who has inspired thousands of people, now looks like she belongs on the front of Vogue magazine 🙂