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The adorable name this little girl gave her chemotherapy device

Kids often form attachments to inanimate objects, keeping hold of the strangest things, but little Olivia's keepsake shows just how adaptable little ones can be.

Olivia was really sick, having been diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia two and a half years ago. As seen in this episode of Children's Hospital, she and her parents have reached the end of a long journey and are about to ring the ward’s special bell to tell everyone she has made it to the end of her treatment.

But while most of us would rather forget our hospital experiences, this six-year-old has something she wants to take home with her. For people undergoing long-term treatment, the Hickman line is a device that’s attached to the patient to make delivering medicine quicker, easier and less invasive. Olivia called hers ‘Wiggly’.

Olivia finishes chemotherapy

Olivia rings the hospital鈥檚 bell to mark the end of her treatment.

Although ‘Wiggly’ delivered the aggressive drugs that left her feeling rotten, she became used to it being there. The line will be removed via surgery, but she's decided she wants to take ‘Wiggly’ home with her as a keepsake.

"She can't remember life without it it’s been that long,'' says her mum.

Staff at the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital

The drugs administered via her Hickman line suppressed her immune system so Olivia's life has been very different from most kids her age.

"She’s missed out on a lot while undergoing treatment,'' says her mum.

“We haven’t been able to go near a lot of animals or swimming, haven’t been able to go to a beach at all she’s not allowed near sand, she’s not allowed to play in the mud."

But all that is set to change now Olivia's treatment is over with.

"It’s going to be very different being able to do all these things that we haven't been able to do. Top of the list I think is probably swimming isn’t it? Get back in the water."

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