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Mother writes children's book to help paediatric cancer patients cope with hair loss
Overview
A mother whose daughter recovered from a rare form of bone cancer has written a children's book called Edie's Magic Hair and launched a crowdfunder to distribute copies to specialist paediatric cancer wards across the UK.
Key points
- Holly wrote the book 'Edie's Magic Hair' to help her toddler cope with losing her hair during cancer treatment.
- Her daughter Edie was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive type of bone cancer at age three and is now in remission.
- Holly has launched a crowdfunder to produce and distribute the book to specialist paediatric cancer units around the country.
- The story was originally created to help Edie understand her physical changes and process her treatment.