Portrait of ANU graduate and sculptor Anton Poon, who has lived in Canberra since age 13. Photo: Rohan Thomson
Calls to support girl born with tumour heavier than her body
mother Sharna spears, father Jake spears, Aleyathiah Wilcockson 7, Thor Wilcockson 6, Klovah spears 2, and Peggy spears 5m, Aleyathiah has battled an illness since she was born the length of a pencil and with a large tumour on her tailbone. Doctors can't figure out what's wrong with her but she's constantly needing surgery, so the family is crowdsourcing medical expenses. Photo: Jay Cronan
Aleyathiah Wilcockson was born the length of a pencil with a tumour heavier than her own body.
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She survived an intense 110-hour labour, then defied the odds by making it to age seven.
But the kid's fight is far from over, as her mum told one of our reporter's recently. You can find Clare Sibthorpe's story on the family here.
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