Parents knew something wasn't right as 'smiley' boy given devastating one-in-a-million news

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A 16-month-old boy is fighting a rare type of blood cancer - it affects only one in a million young children every year. Luca Biviano, from Lancaster, experienced several symptoms over the last few months which were put down to various childhood illnesses by different doctors.

Over the course of six months, Luca exhibited recurring chest infections, but was sent away with antibiotics each time. However, the young boy's doting parents, Marco and India, knew something wasn't quite right and constantly sought a diagnosis from medical experts.

Then, a couple of weeks ago, the family got to the bottom of the issue and it was a lot more sinister than anybody expected. Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community Luca's auntie, Olivia Biviano, told LancsLive: "If they had been seeing the same doctor, they probably would have been thinking, well hang on a minute, why has a 15-month-old baby had this many courses of antibiotics? "He had an appointment the Friday before last, where they said again, we don't think it’s anything serious, but we’ll discuss it with a paediatrician and if they want to see you we'll give you a call back.

They went away thinking again it's not serious and he did have this swollen stomach as well, which they thought was, up until they got the diagnosis, they were thinking a kind of lactose intolerance or IBS." On the Friday, the parents got a call from the paediatrician in Lancaster, saying they would like to see Luca and assess his symptoms at the nearby hospital on the following Monday.