A GIRL with a rare blood cancer was saved – thanks to bone marrow from her little sister.
Ruby Leaning was six when she collapsed on the school playground and was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
Her two-year-old sister, Mabel, proved a perfect match and donated marrow for a transplant.
Two years later, Ruby was declared cancer-free and is now a happy and healthy ten-year-old who loves swimming, dancing and piano lessons.
Her gran, Amanda Fawcett, 56, said: “She had the stem cell treatment and she actually got the stem cells from her little sister Mabel because she was a perfect match.
“We wasn’t expecting her to be a match at first but thankfully, she was so we just couldn’t believe our luck.
“It was amazing – we were …