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Milly was almost two when she was diagnosed with leukaemia. CLIC Sargent supported her and her family through two years of treatment and chemotherapy. Emily, Milly's mum, says: "Seeing Milly suffering was awful but Alex, our CLIC Sargent nurse was great, She'd come to our house to give Milly the medication she needed to save us travelling to the hospital every day. She even came at weekends, it was such a help."

CLIC Sargent supports 4,000 children like Milly every year and relies on support like yours to make this possible.

You'll be supporting children like Jack too...

When Jack was diagnosed with leukaemia two weeks before his fifth birthday, his baby brother Dominic was only three months old.

Jack's mum Pam gave up her self-employed work immediately and spent the next three years juggling her time between Jack's hospital bed, maintaining a home, looking after her young baby and finding time to spend with Jack's dad, Tony.

At eight years old, Jack had spent nearly half of his life being treated for cancer. Chemotherapy and the taking of blood caused him so much pain and distress that he had a central line inserted in the major vessel in his heart. He took 4,265 tablets and, as a result of his treatment, lost all of his hair on more than one occasion.

Many of the young friends Jack made during treatment died. Jack's mum wrote 12 in memoriam letters to parents she had become close to.

CLIC Sargent has supported Jack's family since diagnosis, funding the play specialist who helped prepare Jack for traumatic procedures, the nurse who looked after him on the ward and visited him at home and the social worker who helped Jack's mum and dad try to make sense of what was happening to them and helped them to come to terms with the deaths of other children on the ward.

CLIC Sargent also paid the family's mortgage arrears when the financial pressures became too much and arranged for a family support worker to come to their house and help keep the home together. Throughout Jack's treatment there were many highs and lows, but one of the lasting memories Jack has is of a family holiday by the seaside - provided by CLIC Sargent.

Jack is currently well and recently started secondary school. His mum and dad are now ardent supporters of CLIC Sargent.

Every day in the UK, 10 families are told the devastating news that their child has cancer

CLIC Sargent is the only charity that offers them all round care and support.  That's because we're there every step of the way.

You can visit the main CLIC Sargent webiste to read more about our services and how we can help if you're currently affected by childhood cancer - click here.