Teenager told she had growing pains...until dad insisted on a scan that revealed rampant cancer that's spread all over her body
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A teenager told her sore joints were simply 'growing pains' is now battling multiple tumours in her bones, breast and liver — and doctors cannot find a cause. Chloe Renshaw, 15, from Plymouth started to suffer discomfort in her knees in October, so severe it left her 'crying on the sofa at night'.
![[A CT scan revealed her lower bones, pelvic bone and skull all had tumours, she also had four tumours in her breasts and in her liver]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/11/17/93048223-14178039-image-m-38_1733936580053.jpg)
Her father Adam Renshaw, 43, took her to their local minor injuries unit, where she was reassured it was just a normal teenage stage. They returned two weeks later when the pain spread over her legs, yet they were told the same thing again and Chloe was sent away with some exercises.
![[Despite finding the tumours, doctors are unable to identify what kind of cancer Chloe has, the father says]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/13/16/93126971-14178039-image-m-2_1734108268410.jpg)
Another week passed and the pain was in her back, too, at which point the father-of-three decided to take her to A&E at Derriford Hospital. He insisted she had a CT scan — and this, shockingly, revealed a tumour on her spine. 'The fight to get children diagnosed is ridiculous, I've heard the same story from so many parents,' the single father-of-three told MailOnline.
![[Just a few days before her 15th birthday, members of the community turned up with presents and cake, but Mr Renshaw explained that because she was on painkillers she was in and out of consciousness]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/13/16/93048221-14178039-image-m-89_1734107548180.jpg)
Chloe was swiftly transferred to the Bristol Children's hospital where further tests revealed cancer in her pelvic bone and skull, breasts and liver. Chloe Renshaw, 15, from Plymouth (pictured right)started to complain of knee pain in October so severe it left her 'crying on the sofa at night'. Her father Adam Renshaw, 43, (pictured left) took her to their local minor injuries unit, where she was reassured it was 'growing pains'.
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