My friend has it

No-one really knew what it was, except that my sister Bethany had something similar to it, so they were all asking me about it. I told them what I knew and said that Chloe would get through it.

I understood a lot more about what Chloe was going through and what was going to happen to her. My friends were saying things like: ‘Oh no, this is really bad, she’s probably going to die or something’, and I had to reassure them that she wasn’t.

My friends felt a lot better knowing someone else had been through something similar with one of their family.

Some of our friends were worried about what to say to her in case they hurt her feelings, but it’s really better just to say what you want to say. I didn’t talk to her any differently. Chloe’s still the same person she was before she had cancer.

The teachers were quite supportive and said that if we wanted to do anything in school to raise awareness about cancer or money for Chloe then we could.

If we wanted to send anything up to her at home or hospital, our teacher would put it in the post for us.

You need to talk to your family, but your friends are always there as well and sometimes they can be easier to talk to.