A student nurse started working for the hospital that saved her life after she was diagnosed with leukemia.

23-year-old Abi Duffy from St Helens, England, was just 15 years old when she was diagnosed with leukemia, one of the three main blood cancer types.

Following the heartbreaking diagnosis, Abi started chemotherapy at Liverpool’s Alder Hey Hospital where the dedication of nurses who treated her inspired her to become a pediatric nurse.

While the teen wasn’t responding well to her therapy, the staff at the clinic managed to save Abi’s life by performing a bone marrow transplant after her 27-year-old brother proved to be a perfect match.

For years after the transplant, Abi continued to attend treatments at the hospital until she was finally discharged in January this year.

Following her inspiring recovery, the now-23-year-old Edge Hill University student decided to “pass something on” by securing a work placement at the same hospital that treated her for years.

“It feels like I’m passing something on. It was 100 percent the nurses on the oncology ward that inspired me to be a pediatric nurse and it is the best decision I’ve ever made. They did something for me and now I have the chance to do something for someone else,” Abi told The Mail.

As she added, the hospital staff were like a family to her during her stay at the clinic.

“The atmosphere wasn’t like a hospital, it felt more like a family. I got to know all the nurses, the way they treated me was so special,” the student nurse admitted.

“Even after I stopped going for treatment I missed going to see them. We had this bond. I thought that’s what I want to do, to go and make a difference to people’s lives like they made to mine.”

To make her story even more interesting, Abi was chosen for a work placement in the same oncology ward where she was treated for cancer.

“The university didn’t even know I had had leukemia so it was completely random. A complete coincidence, but it feels like fate,” she concluded.

 

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