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Ashley Cain praises ‘inspiring’ daughter Azaylia as she undergoes fourth round of chemotherapy
Ashley Cain has praised his baby daughter Azaylia’s strength amid her ongoing battle with leukaemia.
In a series of posts shared to his Instagram Stories on Monday, the reality star gushed over the youngster during her gruelling fourth round of chemotherapy.
Alongside a sweet video of Azaylia crawling in her hospital bed, the 30-year-old wrote: ‘She’s swollen. But she’s happy as ever and full of strength and energy.’
In another clip, he wrote: ‘Inspiring… let’s go champ,’ while elsewhere he gushed: ‘Nothing but life in this girl.’
Ashley has been raising money for the treatment his daughter needs in Singapore in the hopes of saving her life after she relapsed following an unsuccessful bone marrow transplant.
On Sunday, the Ex On The Beach star thanked fans for helping raise £1.45million to help Azaylia but explained there are still obstacles in the way.
He told his Instagram followers: ‘I honestly can’t thank everyone enough, I’m looking really tired, and I’ve got pain in my eyes as we found out today that one of the drugs that Azaylia needs to start treatment with tomorrow in order to bring her leukaemia count down and get her into remission is not being released by the pharmaceutical companies.
‘So not only today have I been looking after Azaylia, but going through heavy talks with consultants, doctors and pharmaceutical companies to try and get this essential drug that Azaylia needs.’
Ashley did not specify which drug it was that hadn’t been released, as he revealed that Azaylia had also pulled out her NG tube, which goes from her nose to her stomach and had to have it re-fitted.
The family are hoping to secure a place in Singapore for Azaylia to have year-long CAR-T therapy and a haplo transplant which could potentially save her life.
A deposit of £500,000 is needed just to be accepted into the hospital and onto the programme, and with the fundraiser having now topped £1.45m, the family are hopeful they will be able to get the wheels in motion.
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