A devastated mum has described the agonising death of her 17-year-old daughter a week after being told she was in remission from cancer.
Jill Mitcheson, 44, said her daughter Hannah Riddell noticed a golf ball-sized growth under her arm in August 2024 which led to an urgent hospital visit and a diagnosis of Stage 4 Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
On August 21, Hannah began the first of six rounds of chemotherapy, during which she had several infections and at one stage was “vomiting the entire time”.
During chemotherapy she was supported by boyfriend Kieron Stokoe, 18, who was with her “every step of the way” and would often stay up rubbing Hannah’s back and comforting her, Jill said.