By Filipa Gaspar

A family was devastated after a baby's "ordinary cold" turned out to be a rare blood cancer .

Four-month-old Melody developed what seemed like a cold in April.

But when her breathing became labored and she struggled to feed, her parents, Rachel-Elizabeth Hewitt and Kevin Aggett, rushed her to the hospital.

Within hours, doctors revealed that Melody had acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) - a rare and fast-developing blood cancer.

She was immediately transferred to paediatric intensive care in Southampton, where she began emergency treatment, including chemotherapy, blood and platelet transfusions.

Later, she was transferred to Great Ormond Street Hospital for a bone marrow transplant, where she is receiving treatment.

Despite undergoing intense and often distressing tre

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