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

Zakariyah, known as Zak, from Crawley, West Sussex, stubbed his little toe in May 2022 leaving it sore and pink, but four days later his toe turned black and he was diagnosed with cancer.

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04.12.2024, 16:24

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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.

Zakariyah, known as Zak, from Crawley, stubbed his little toe in May 2022 leaving it sore and pink at first. But within 48 hours, the toe turned purple.

His mother Amina, 40, rushed him to get checked by a pharmacist who initially thought the toe was broken and advised them to go straight to A&E at -East Surrey Hospital.

The toddler was given antibiotics, but when the toe got worse and tuned black, Amina took him back to A&E, where doctors said they suspected his toe was infected. 

The medics assumed he had the 'flesh eating' disease necrotising fasciitis, a life-threatening infection that can develop within hours and causes blackened limbs.

Zak was rushed to St George's Hospital in Tooting, South London, and admitted to the intensive care unit. For Amina and her husband Suhaib, the next 48 hours passed in a mind-numbing whirl.

Their son was given strong antibiotics before being told that if the toe didn't improve, it might need to be amputated. In the worst case scenario, he may lose the whole foot.

'Nothing was making sense to me, my head was just spinning,' Amina recalled. 

Zakariyah, known as Zak, from Crawley, West Sussex, (pictured with his mum Amina, dad  Suhaib and sister Kyra) stubbed his little toe in May 2022 leaving it sore and pink. But within four days he was diagnosed with cancer

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