Schoolgirl dies weeks after falling ill with suspected heatstroke
28.07.2023 - 07:39
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A schoolgirl died weeks after she fell ill with suspected heatstroke.
When Ella-Grace Holman began feeling unwell about five weeks ago, her family put it down to her having overheated. However, after the nine-year-old's school contacted mum Amy to pick her daughter up, she was rushed to hospital.
Ella, from Warrington, had complained of numbness to her face so scans were carried out, which revealed she had a brain tumour. She underwent an eight-and-a-half hour operation at Alder Hey Children's Hospital to remove the tumour, which tests showed was cancerous.
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Despite everything she faced, young Ella bravely fought everything that came her way with a smile on her face and was looking to start chemotherapy and radiotherapy for 18 months. But Ella started to lose a lot of weight and needed to have a peg inserted, the Liverpool ECHO reports.
Things soon deteriorated when she began to experience slurred speech and involuntary limb movements. Cousin Kirsty Eltringham said: "She had fluid on her brain and needed further surgery but we were told she may not wake up.
"She pulled through and came around and doctors said if she carried on this way they could restart chemotherapy."
Ella continued to fight but the family were soon told the cancer had spread and was terminal. Ella died at Alder Hey on July 20, surrounded by her loved ones.
Paying tribute to her much-loved cousin, Kirsty said: "She loved dancing, she loved doing selfies and going out with her friends.
"She's got an older sister Jess and they were dead close, she was always out with the kids and always wanted cuddles and to sit on your knee. She was definitely the sassy one."