'Pale as a ghost' Freya diagnosed with rare condition

A little girl was diagnosed with rare bone marrow failure after medics put her symptoms down to constipation and her mum's anxiety as a first-time parent.

- by Harriet Sutton

Amy Dixon, 32, gave birth to Freya, now four, in December 2020, and said that she “instantly knew” something wasn’t right.

She was constantly crying or lethargic and at four weeks old, Amy noticed she looked “pale as a ghost”.

Taking her to the GP multiple times a week, medics put her symptoms down to constipation and Amy’s “first-time mum anxiety”, she claims.

On March 11, 2021, Freya fell unconscious and was rushed into Airedale Hospital, Steeton, where medics described her as “the palest baby they'd ever seen”.