PLUCKY 3 YEAR OLD WITH CANCER NEEDS YOUR HELP. How would you feel and cope if your toddler was diagnosed with cancer?

Bella has braved more than five hours of surgeries and more operations than most of us will face in a lifetime. She has had 5 rounds of chemotherapy, lost her hair, has a nasal gastric feeding tube, and had a port installed under her skin to connect to a vein in her neck to allow for medication and tests. Her harrowing journey is not over as her heartbroken parents and family rally to save her life.

Bella is a “real trooper, an amazing little girl who inspires us every day, - you never know when your world can change in a matter of seconds”. Bella Shepherd was born with a genetic condition called BCOR, which can affect her heart, eyes, teeth and hearing. An ultrasound at birth revealed the heart defect Atrioventricular Septal Defect which will require heart surgery before she turns 5

At 8 weeks old she had surgery to remove cataracts. Mum Kirsten Moorhead says Bella had a hard swollen tummy and tests revealed Rhabdomyosarcoma - a rare cancerous tumour. Bella now faces more chemotherapy and radiation to give her a fighting chance.

It has taken a “big toll on us all emotionally, physically, mentally especially Bella. We take things as they come, one day at a time.”

Bella’s dad Daniel had previously lost his job and Kirsten left her job to care for Bella and support Bellas' brother Jackson, 6. Costs are mounting, It takes a village to care for a child and if you are able to givealittle to help Bella’s parents they will be forever grateful. Every little bit makes a big difference.