Hannah Riddell from Northumberland had only just been declared in remission from cancer. A mother is mourning the loss of her 17-year-old daughter who died from suspected sepsis just one week after receiving news her cancer was in remission. Hannah Riddell, from Ashington, Northumberland, had battled Stage 4 Hodgkin’s lymphoma since a diagnosis in August 2024 after she discovered a golf ball-sized lump under her arm.
![[Hannah and boyfriend Kieron]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/24/10/17/01JJBJBQCKY3ZMG3H44NYKS1QE.jpeg)
Hannah had finished school at Ashington Academy Northumberland and had plans to start a travel and tourism course at Newcastle College, but her plans were put on hold after the cancer diagnosis. She underwent six rounds of chemotherapy before being told, on January 7, that she was in remission.
![[Jill Mitcheson and her daughter Hannah]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/24/10/56/01JJBJBTDJRKAVHERK7RJREQ0B.jpeg)
During chemotherapy she was supported by boyfriend Kieron Stokoe, 18, who was with her “every step of the way” and would often stay up rubbing Hannah’s back and comforting her, mother Jill Mitcheson said. However, during a routine blood test on January 14, Hannah suffered two seizures before her heart stopped.
Her mother, Jill Mitcheson, said Hannah had been “very pale” in hospital before the blood test and had been vomiting. Her breath then became ragged and she appeared to have a fit. She complained of extreme pain in her legs to the point her mother “could not lay a finger” on them.
