THE MUM of a six-year-old whose limp was initially dismissed as “growing pains” before a shock cancer diagnosis has urged parents to “trust their instincts” and “ask for a second opinion”.

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She said: "Growing pains shouldn’t be taken lightly in children ... it was and it’s going into my four-year-old." The mum continued: "Kids are quite an enigma around this whole cancer thing.

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