Six-year-old cancer survivor returns to hospital as visitor
Bellamy-Rose, 6, returned to West Suffolk Hospital as a doctor for the day after finishing leukemia treatment, turning a hard-fought recovery into a milestone.
Bellamy-Rose returned to West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds as a visitor, not a patient, and the six-year-old spent the day in scrubs, a staff badge on her chest, moving through the operating theatres and blood laboratory where she had once been treated. West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds cared for her on Rainbow Ward for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
Bellamy-Rose, who lives in Feltwell, Norfolk, was diagnosed in 2023 and received the all-clear in November after more than two years of treatment that included seven chemotherapy sessions, hair loss and tube feeding. She is now thriving, but she will still have monthly check-ups for the next several years.
Bellamy-Rose prepared volunteer patients for surgery, visited the operating theatres and blood laboratory, and met the clown doctors Dr Plop and Dizzy Daydream. She also handled pretend prescriptions, took phone calls and worked with medical equipment. Bellamy-Rose said the doctors left a lasting impression because they were "kind and very polite" and "made me feel better." She added that she wanted to be a doctor because "they are my heroes," recalling the blood test appointments that once became so routine she said she had had "two billion blood tests."
Paige, 27, said it was "amazing" to see Bellamy-Rose "feeling part of something that's been a huge part of her life," and she told her daughter, "you can achieve anything - you've beaten cancer.
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