Leah’s mother: we are ready when they are

The mother of three-year-old cancer patient Leah Xuereb is patiently waiting for the paperwork to go through to allow her daughter to fly out to Texas for life-saving treatment. “I didn’t realise there was so much documentation that had to be processed – everyone is doing their best and I’m sure she will get there,” 33-year-old Zhana Xuereb said. Ms Xuereb and her husband Jonathan are with their daughter at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London where Leah is being treated for a very aggressive form of cancer. The family are waiting for the go-ahead to fly out to Anderson Cancer Centre in the US – the only hospital in the world that can provide the combination of localised chemotherapy and surgery that Leah needs. “Yesterday (on Friday), they called me from the US and told me everyone is working on Leah’s case, so I’m just going to take a deep breath,” Ms Xuereb said. With Leah’s medical case file taking up three bags, Ms Xuereb said she understood that everyone was putting all their effort in her case, even though she admitted it was hard for her and her husband. Leah’s story came to light after The Times last week carried a report about an online fund-raising campaign, through...