Mother-of-three who runs a parenting website with Helen Skelton 明らかにする／漏らすs her four-year-old son has been 診断するd with leukaemia - after he was sent home from school with a sore throat

  • Josie Barron, from Devon, 明らかにする／漏らすd how Dexter has been 診断するd with 癌
  • She 述べるd how he was 急ぐd to hospital after she 設立する him covered in 無分別な
  • Dexter will receive 治療, 含むing chemo, at Bristol Children's Hospital

By Emily Chan For Mailonline

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A mother who runs a parenting website with presenter Helen Skelton has 明らかにする／漏らすd how her son has been 診断するd with leukaemia - after 存在 sent home from school with a sore throat.

Josie Barron, from Devon, explained how her four-year-old son Dexter had been given the 破滅的な diagnosis in an emotional 地位，任命する on Instagram.

The mother-of-three, who 設立するd the website Mummy Social, 述べるd how the youngster was 急ぐd to hospital in an 救急車 after she 設立する him covered in a 無分別な while sleeping at home.?

に引き続いて 実験（する）s, doctors 明らかにする／漏らすd that Dexter had 癌 and would 要求する 緊急 治療.?

Josie Barron, from Devon, revealed how her four-year-old son Dexter (pictured in hospital with his baby sister Olive)? has been diagnosed with?leukaemia in an emotional Instagram post?

Josie Barron, from Devon, 明らかにする／漏らす d how her four-year-old son Dexter (pictured in hospital with his baby sister Olive)? has been 診断するd with?leukaemia in an emotional Instagram 地位，任命する?

Josie (pictured with her partner Andy and their three children)?described how the youngster had been rushed to hospital after she found him covered in a rash while sleeping at home

Josie (pictured with her partner Andy and their three children)?述べるd how the youngster had been 急ぐd to hospital after she 設立する him covered in a 無分別な while sleeping at home

In her heartbreaking 地位，任命する, Josie 述べるd how she did not want to see her 'boy's 指名する on the white board' in the 癌 区, or have to 証言，証人／目撃する her son's '血 curdling 叫び声をあげるs while 緊急 手続きs had to be done'.?

The family has since been flooded with messages of support, 含むing from presenter Helen Skelton.

株ing Josie's 地位，任命する, Helen wrote on Instagram: 'Sending 尊敬（する）・点, love and strength to our 長，率いる girl. #teamdex #teamjosie #cancersucks #NHS'?

Josie had 株d a photograph of Dexter in hospital on Instagram, while cuddling his baby sister Olive.

The schoolboy had been sent home from school with a sore throat just over a week ago?

The schoolboy had been sent home from school with a sore throat just over a week ago?

と一緒に the 地位，任命する, she told her 信奉者s: '10 days ago Dexter was sent home from school with a sore throat.?

The next morning, while he still slept, something made me go and check on him, turning on the lights and pulling 支援する the cover. I 設立する him covered in a 無分別な and an 救急車 was sent.?

'At the hospital wires were 大（公）使館員d, 抗生物質s given and 血 taken. Then the 顧問 received a phone call, "You need to get his Dad to 飛行機で行く home now". At this moment I knew something was 本気で wrong.

Josie (centre) runs the parenting website Mummy Social with presenter Helen Skelton (left) and mummy blogger Sarah Turner (right)?

Josie (centre) runs the parenting website Mummy Social with presenter Helen Skelton (left) and mummy blogger Sarah Turner (権利)?

Sharing Josie's post, Helen commented: 'Sending respect, love and strength to our head girl'?

株ing Josie's 地位，任命する, Helen commented: 'Sending 尊敬（する）・点, love and strength to our 長，率いる girl'?

'And within a couple of hours of arriving I was taken into a room where I was told our darling boy has Leukeamia.'?

She continued: 'We st ayed in hospital for 2 nights while Dex was given 輸血s to get him strong enough to be taken to Bristol Children's Hospital which is where I'm 令状ing this 地位，任命する from. A 地位，任命する I wish I wasn't 令状ing.

'I don't want to see my boy's 指名する on the white board in the 区 for children with 癌. I don't want to have 証言，証人／目撃するd my boy's 血 curdling 叫び声をあげるs while 緊急 手続きs had to be done. I don't want to be 調印 同意 forms for bone 骨髄 to be taken and 麻薬s to be 治めるd.

'I don't want to be walking my child into 治療 rooms knowing he's about to be 注入するd with chemo and I don't want to be seeing the 味方する 影響s already kicking in.'??

Josie shared another picture of Dexter with his thumbs up while in hospital, where he is receiving treatment?

Josie 株d another picture of Dexter with his thumbs up while in hospital, where he is receiving 治療?

'I want to be 支援する in our lovely home with both his sisters, in our blissfully happy 泡 that I didn't even realised was so happy until now.But we are here. This is now our story and I know in many ways we are 極端に lucky.

'We have a 90% chance of taking our boy home fit and 井戸／弁護士席 after the 治療 is 完全にする... There are children and families on this 区 who are in far worse positions than us.'?

地位，任命するing another photograph of Dexter with his thumbs up, she 追加するd: '?I'm 手渡すing over the running of Mummy Social for a little while I concentrate on helping my boy get better.?

'Send Dex some 肯定的な vibes please, we will be 支援する! xxx'?

The mother-of-three (pictured with Dexter and daughter Annabelle)?described how she did not want to see her 'boy's name on the white board' in the cancer ward in her heartbreaking post?

The mother-of-three (pictured with Dexter and daughter Annabelle)?述べるd how she did not want to see her 'boy's 指名する on the white board' in the 癌 区 in her heartbreaking 地位，任命する?

She urged her followers to send Dexter? (pictured with his sister Annabelle) 'positive vibes' as he receives treatment in hospital?

She 勧めるd her 信奉者s to send Dexter? (pictured with his sister Annabelle) '肯定的な vibes' as he receives 治療 in hospital?

What are the symptoms of leukaemia in children?

疲労，（軍の）雑役 and pale 肌 - this is because leukaemia can 原因（となる） anaemia which makes a child feel weak, tired and light-長，率いるd.

感染s and fever - children with leukaemia 欠如（する） normal white 血 独房s which would 普通は help fight 感染.

無分別な - children may have?small, dark 位置／汚点／見つけ出すs that look like ありふれた 無分別なs if the?白血病 独房s spread to the 肌???

平易な bruising or bleeding - this 含むs たびたび（訪れる） nosebleeds, bleeding gums and bleeding a lot from small 削減（する）s.

Bone or 共同の 苦痛 - this is 原因（となる）d by a build up of leukaemia 独房s 近づく the surface of the bone or inside the 共同の.

Swelling of the abdomen - leukaemia 独房s may collect in the 肝臓 and spleen 原因（となる）ing them to 大きくする.

Loss of appetite and 負わせる loss - if the spleen and 肝臓 swell, they can 圧力（をかける） against the stomach 原因（となる）ing loss of appetite.

Swollen lymph nodes - some leukaemias spread to the lymph nodes 原因（となる）ing them to swell.

Source: American 癌 Society?

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