LITTLE cancer sufferer Jade Case and her mum Dawn have gone for the short cut to beat upsetting effects of chemotherapy sessions.

Dawn, 26, realised that her four-year-old daughter's blonde curls would be lost once chemotherapy was underway. So to make the trauma of losing her hair that little less to bear, Dawn, who had been growing her hair, decided that it was about time that both women in the family should go for a new image.

The girls went to the hairdressers together and now the whole family is pulling together to give little Jade all the comfort and support she needs.

Jade's latest visit to Alder Hey for results from tests revealed that the cancer tumour in her stomach is shrinking and the family are now eagerly awaiting the results of a gene test which will reveal if the youngster from Singleton Avenue, Blackbrook, needs a bone marrow transplant and radiotherapy.

Despite facing up to the daunting prospect that their daughter has cancer, doctors have told Dawn and Phil that Jade has a 65 per cent chance of a full recovery.

Before Jade started her chemotherapy Alder Hey gave her mum and dad a booklet to explain what would happen.

Dawn says the book was written specifically for children and in typical story-book fashion it tells how Jade can expect to lose her hair and how other various things will happen to her as the treatment progresses.

Since Jade's diagnosis Phil and Dawn have decided to raise money for research into this particular type of cancer by collecting used stamps. Anyone with stamps can send them to: Mr and Mrs Case, 20 Singleton Avenue, Blackbrook, St Helens, Merseyside, WA11 9DA.

NOW friends of the Case family are raising money to try and send Jade on holiday after she's undergone all her therapy. They want to organise a charity night and wish to hear from anyone who can help with entertainment, or provide a venue for the evening. Anyone who can help should contact Donna Dawber at the St Helens Star on 01744 611861.

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