Ruth’s Story – Diagnosis
Ruth was travelling around South America when she started to experience pain and numbness down her left leg. Originally health professionals thought Ruth had an ovarian cyst but after numerous tests and complications of a diagnosis of Histoplasmosis, it was discovered that Ruth actually had Ewing’s Sarcoma.
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