A TODDLER diagnosed with cancer a week before her first birthday has been on a Christmas trip to Lapland.
Lily Atkinson, three, hit national headlines after she had 11 tumours removed from all over her body in 2011.
She underwent eight rounds of chemotherapy at Sheffield Children's Hospital to treat a primary tumour in her chest and ten tumours that had spread through her body and to her skull.
Last Christmas was the first she could enjoy at home with her family.
Now she has finished all her chemotherapy, her family are praying that the cancer has gone for good. Lily is having regular four-monthly check-ups.
Her mum Angela, 42, of Blacker Hill, said: "We were devastated when we found out about the illness - I felt numb. We weren't expecting it and when we discovered it was 11 tumours we were shocked.
"When we had Lily's last check-up in October, one of the nurses asked if she would like to go on a day trip to Lapland, so we arranged for her to go with her dad."
