Team Erin Cross

Erin was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia at the age of two in December 2012 after being unwell for many weeks. She had over two and a half years of treatment which finished in April of last year. During this time, aside from caring for their daughter, Erin's parents Sarah and Ant were active fundraisers for a fellow oncology childs appeal for treatment abroad and for Alder Hey Childrens Charity.

Everything was going well, Erin was a happy healthy girl and had started doing really well at school. She was having monthly check ups at Alder Hey but in March 2016 Sarah and Ant were given the devastating news that she had relapsed after 11 months off treatment.
Erin has endured two months of gruelling chemotherapy and needs a life saving bone marrow transplant. Unfortunately tests have revealed that Erin isn't in remission, which she would need to be in order to have her life saving transplant. There's a strong chance that Erin will need  Car T Cell therapy to prepare her for a bone marrow transplant,  but there's no guarantee that she will receive this treatment in the UK.  Only one child per month nationally is treated with Car T Cell therapy, so Erin's family feel that funds now need to be raised so Erin has the chance of receiving this therapy abroad.