Claudia Burkill has defied the odds and made a miraculous recovery from a cancer that doctors said would kill her.
In June 2011, her family were told that the five-year-old had Metastatic PineoBlastoma - an incredibly rare and inoperable brain tumour.
Since then she has had treatment at the Queen's Medical Centre and her family have raised more than £100,000 for the children's brain tumour research centre at the University of Nottingham.
But now, according to the Facebook page which has been used by her parents to help raise hundreds of thousands of pounds, Claudia has been given the all clear.
A post, believed to be from her mother Andrea, which has already received more than 150,000 'likes' and 32,000 comments.
It reads: "We have just received possibly the most terrifying phone call of our entire lifetime,.....a phone call from a Consultant, Claudia's Consultant, Dr Sophie Wilne at 5.30pm on a Saturday evening.
"I will keep this incredibly brief as I am finding it impossible to concentrate, impossible to focus and in truth to breathe and not just scream myself into a senseless fit.
"I will try and get online tomorrow and write a full explanation to the very best of my limited medical knowledge but.....
"CLAUDIA IS CLEAR.....CLAUDIA IS CANCER FREE.
"CLAUDIA IS NO LONGER CLASSED AS TERMINALLY ILL.
"A miracle has happened, it really has.........I just can't stop shaking and I need to sign off. Love to each and every one of you."
Metastatic PineoBlastoma is extremely rare and medics only see around two or three cases a year in the UK.
Claudia has been through more than 40 sessions of chemotherapy and has lost her speech since being diagnosed.
On three occasions medical professionals told the family that Claudia would die from her disease.
Consultant Paediatric Oncologist Dr Sophie Wilne said: "This is a very difficult brain tumour to treat so I am delighted that three years later Claudia has beaten the odds. Her latest MRI scan shows no evidence of tumour which is excellent news. All of us who have looked after Claudia and her family at Nottingham Children's hospital are really pleased and wish her and her family the best for the future."For more health stories, click here
