Leukaemia survivor Tamilla Khan, 13, gets to know Silver Ferns netball star Maria Tutaia. Photo / Dean Purcell
Her grin said it all - this was a day Tamilla Khan would remember.
The 13-year-old leukaemia survivor was yesterday treated to a private training session with one of her idols, Silver Fern Maria Tutaia.
When Tamilla was 3, bruises started showing on her legs and she was diagnosed with
the cancer.
She had chemotherapy which caused her to lose her hair, blood clots in her mouth and general sickness.
By her 4th birthday her leukaemia had gone into remission, but the treatment had stunted her growth so much that in her last year of primary school she was told she couldn't play netball because she was too short.
