Cobie Booth’s cancer battle inspires Cancer Research UK campaign

Mar 30 2010 By Emma Davison

Cobie’s cancer battle inspires campaign

LITTLE Cobie Booth is an inspiration to us all.

The three-year-old suffers from leukaemia and has undergone some gruelling chemotherapy treatment, but still manages to keep a smile on his face.

Now his proud mum Steph and the family is on a mission to help a charity that has given Cobie and many other children like him the chance to lead long and happy lives.

She is backing a Cancer Research UK campaign, which has already raised a staggering £3.2m to help beat children’s cancer.

Steph, from Skelmanthorpe, said: “If it wasn’t for charities like this Cobie might not be here now.

“So many people are affected by cancer and the more money we can raise the more lives we can save.”

The mum-of-two said her family’s world fell apart when Cobie was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia on April 18 last year, just a week before his third birthday.

The 29-year-old and husband Robert, 27, had noticed something was wrong with their son when he developed a limp and complained of pain in his backside.

They visited their GP who referred Cobie to Barnsley General Hospital and then Sheffield Children’s Hospital where tests revealed the devastating news that he had leukaemia.

Steph said: “When we heard the news our whole world just fell apart, we immediately feared the worst and thought we were going to lose him.

“He went from being diagnosed to starting treatment in just a few days.

“We were absolutely terrified but doctors told us that of the three different strains of leukaemia, Cobie had the best one – from the very beginning they said to us they were treating him to get better which was such a relief.”

Cobie, who has a two-year-old sister Lillie, is now nearly a year into a three-year chemotherapy treatment course and his making good progress.