Government Cutbacks Take Their Toll. Family and the Fight to Ensure Research Continues.

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DRESSING up in her mum's shoes and make-up, bubbly Olivia Falato relishes looking at herself in the mirror.

A touching moment for any mother, but more so for Julie Falato who once faced an ultimatum of Olivia dying from a rare cancer or being left blind with both her eyes removed to save her life.

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Government Cutbacks Take Their Toll. Family and the Fight to Ensure Research Continues.

Thanks to vital research and cutting-edge treatment, both pioneered in Birmingham, nine-year-old Olivia survived to become a gregarious, adventurous child despite having one false eye.

Cheerful Olivia, cancer-free for seven years, can now even laugh about the first time her artificial eye fell out at school, during mass, when the then four-year-old went runni...

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