'Amelia's Beautiful Hair Is A Symbol Of Hope!'

This brave little girl has endured 70 operations to fight a cancer no one her age has ever been diagnosed with in Australia

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For Melbourne mum Megan Hoppe, the box of hair bows her mother gave her with her daughter Amelia’s name emblazoned on them meant more than words could say.

As a mum, Megan had longed to do her eldest girl’s hair, but sadly, Amelia had none– after countless rounds of chemotherapy and radiation. The four-year-old has been fighting advanced vaginal cancer from the tender age of two.

“When Amelia lost her hair, it made the cancer a reality, and I couldn’t wait for the day it grew back,” explains Megan. “Her hair was such a symbol of her recovery, so the day my mum bought me this box of bows meant the world to me. My little girl was back to looking like a little girl her age should.”

RARE DISEASE

To say Amelia has been through a hell no child should have to endure is an understatement. But through all 70 general anaesthetics, chemotherapy, scans and external and internal radiotherapy, her parents Megan and Benn, both 37, have been by their little girl’s side.

Only the fifth case of this type of vaginal cancer detected in Australia, Amelia is the youngest to have contracted the insidious disease, which grew in the soft tissues of her vaginal wall.