In a tragic misdiagnosis, doctors in Lancashire, UK initially mistook a five year old’s cancer for a broken arm. The child, Bonnie Spence, now has less than a year to live.

According to The Sun, Bonnie and her family were informed in February that she has less than a year left after doctors incorrectly identified her deadly cancer as a broken arm.

Bonnie, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, was taken to the hospital by her mother Zoe, 30, suspecting a broken arm due to a painful lump on her arm.

Doctors also believed it was a fracture or strain and sent Bonnie home with a sling.

However, Bonnie’s arm continued to swell, leading her mother to take her to several hospital appointments across Lancashire over two months.

After witnessing Bonnie “rolling around in pain”, her mother decided to drive her three and a half hours to Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Hospital.

Upon examination at the hospital, doctors immediately identified Bonnie’s condition as a tumor.

The five year old was diagnosed with stage four rhabdoid sarcoma, a rare form of childhood cancer, reports. the Mirror US. Bonnie’s father, Iain, 41, expressed their shock and disbelief, saying, “Not in our wildest nightmares would we have thought we’d be in this position”.

The hospital doctors explained to Bonnie’s parents that her arm was suffering from compartment syndrome, a condition where increased pressure within a muscle restricts blood flow and causes pain.

Subsequent to her diagnosis, Bonnie’s parents consented to the medical recommendation of amputating her left arm due to cancer.

As the cancer spread to her lungs, her doctors informed Bonnie’s parents that the five year old had less than a year left.

“In the space of nine weeks, it went from a suspected broken arm to now terminal cancer with only a year given,” Zoe recounted.

The devastating news turned Zoe’s world upside down as she admitted: “This news absolutely shattered my whole world…She’s on chemotherapy to prolong her life, but we have been told the chemotherapy will stop working around the 28-week mark, and we will have no other options left.”

Zoe, a mother of five, is facing a daunting three-and-a-half-hour drive to visit Bonnie in the hospital.

Presently, Bonnie is staying with her father Iain, near Newcastle.

“It’s not the most ideal situation with her mother being over there – she’s never been away from her mum,” expressed Iain.

Despite the difficulty, there’s understanding that this arrangement is optimal under the circumstances.

“Everyone understands that unfortunately this is the best way to do it…Her mum’s trying to get over as much as she can, and we’re trying to do the best as we can for her as well,” he shared.