A PETITION to help prolong the life of an East Lancashire school girl has reached more than 1,500 backers.

The Lancashire Telegraph campaign, which has received the support of Accrington pop star Reece Bibby, is bidding to secure vital medication for Blackburn youngster Enola Halleron.

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The fate of Enola, 11, who suffers from the super rare mucopolysaccharidosis which means she will never grow more than one metre tall and suffers from heart disease, skeletal abnormalities, vision and hearing loss, has touched the heart of our readers.

In just a few days hundreds have added their names to the online petition, with dozens more signing the paper coupon version.

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Enola’s mum Donna, of Larch Close, Blackburn, said the £395,000-a-year Vimizim drug could add ten years to her daughter’s life if it was to be made available on the NHS.

It was successfully trialled and licensed for use in the UK but after 15 months a decision has still not been made over whether it can be used in England over cost queries.

Since our exclusive story on the family’s plight hundreds of you have posted emotional comments online.

Commenter Alison Tomlinson, from Blackburn, said: “Enola has as much right as any other person to receive medication and that should not be taken away from her because of funding.”

Christian McClelland, from Blackburn, said: “I think everybody deserves a chance at life especially such a beautiful little girl with such a beautiful heart.”

Enola’s grandmother Christine Halleron said: “The treatment she is now receiving, after being on the trial, is unfair, cruel and inhumane.

“She hasn’t been going through what she has to have it just taken away, not allowing others to have the benefit as well.”

Jake Smith, whose son went to the same school as Enola, said: “She’s one of the smiliest students I’ve seen there.

“She’s a fighter. But she needs our support.”

Burnley resident Louise Hedge said: “What has happened is wrong and this little girl needs to be supported by this country.”

Earlier this month Donna, together with Blackburn MP Kate Hollern, handed over letters of support written by daughter Enola’s classmates at 10 Downing Street.

They have called on government ministers to take action over the delay, which Donna, a Burnley primary school teacher, fears will leave her daughter without Vimizim until at least October – and at the mercy of the disease.

Vimizim, produced by a BioMarin, counters the destructive syndrome, also known as Morquio, by replacing a vital enzyme, which stops harmful chemicals from building up and causing tissue damage.