Student responds to treatment

Woy Woy Rugby League Football Club has reported that a student it has sponsored has turned a corner in her battle against Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

The club has published a letter on its website from Ms Kelly Drewe, the mother of Year 8 student Aimee Bliss, advising that cancer treatment appears to have worked.

Ms Drewe described a recent visit to Aimee's specialist.

"We were told that Aimee`s treatment had worked.

"Her scans have come back all clear and showing her glands to be at only one centimetre, which is normal for her.

"These were very large, some at over eight centimetres around five months ago," Ms Drewe said.

"Aimee is presently on three-monthly scans and, if free for two years, may well be free of Hodgkin's Lymphoma."

According to her proud mum, Aimee has bounced back brilliantly following her prolonged battle.

"She is looking great and putting on weight and is making a huge come back to her school life," Ms Drewe said.

"Just this last week I received a phone call from her head teacher telling me that the teachers are more than impressed with her, and they are asking her to slow down and to take a breath."

The Brisbane Water Secondary College student made the news earlier this year when she received support from the local community, along with the support of a number of NRL stars including Parramatta and Australian rugby league player Jarryd Hayne.

His boots were auctioned to help meet the cost of Aimee's treatment.

Website, 4 May 2010 Geoff Staunton, Woy Woy RLFC