A four-year-old girl who had her eye removed and replaced with a prosthetic one due to cancer has been recognised for her bravery.
Ella, from Hull, was diagnosed with bilateral retinoblastoma in both eyes in June 2021 when she was just 11 months old. It left her blind in her left eye and with severe sight loss in the right.
She underwent surgery in December 2023 and has been receiving specialist treatment in Hull, Leeds and Birmingham.
Ella has received a Star Award from Cancer Research UK, which described her as “a real star who has been through so much at such a young age”.
Her mum Natasha Mead said seeing her daughter go through eye cancer and losing both her eye and vision had been “absolutely heart-breaking”.
“Despite everything Ella has been through, she is thriving and…