A little girl is fighting for her life after a 'tiny, harmless' lump the size of a mosquito bite on her elbow was later diagnosed as an aggressive type of cancer. 'Initially, this was as innocuous as a mosquito bite, a tiny, harmless bump on her arm,' her mum Ms Hesse told 7NEWS.com.au. Five-year-old Queensland girl Vaitiare Hesse (pictured) was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma in late March after initially complaining of a sore armThe ultrasound initially identified the lump as a tumour but further tests in late March confirmed a diagnosis of Ewing's sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer. Ms Hesse, a single mum-of-three said she was left in shock and experienced 'the full gamut of emotions from sadness, anger, confusion, fear to the hardest one of helplessness'. Ms Hesse does not have access to access to government income support as she is a New Zealand citizen.

Source: Daily Mail May 02, 2021 02:26 UTC