Ashley Cain has revealed his daughter Azaylia is set to have a bone marrow test to see if she is finally leukaemia free.
The former Ex On The Beach star, 30, took to Instagram on Tuesday to give fans an update on his baby girl, seven months, and said he ‘felt extremely tense’ because of the hopes riding on the operation.
Sharing a picture of Azaylia in her car seat all tucked-up in a pink blanket, Ashley wrote: ‘We’re on the way to the hospital for Azaylia’s bone marrow test today to find out whether she is finally leukemia free!
Let’s go champ! EOTB’s Ashley Cain arrived in hospital with his his baby daughter Azaylia on Tuesday as he revealed she is having a bone marrow test to see if she is leukaemia free
‘Consultants made us aware that if her leukemia returns after transplant there are only few options left.
‘Over the last few weeks we have been exploring one of these options, by weaning her off her cyclosporine medication to give her donor cells a boost, in the hope that they take action in combating the leukemia (sic).’
He went on: ‘I’ve felt extremely tense today. Having your baby put under anaesthetic and going into theatre for yet another operation is hard enough, but with the added pressure of whats riding on this just takes the nerves to a whole new level!
‘Fingers crossed, hopes, wishes, prayers and positive affirmations are going into this. I believe in you champ, Let’s go!’
Hopes: In a lengthy caption, Ashley admitted he ‘felt extremely tense’ because of her being put under anaesthetic to have the operation but also from the hopes riding on it
Sweet: Sharing a picture of Azaylia in her car seat all tucked-up in a pink blanket, Ashley wrote: ‘The added pressure of whats riding on this just takes the nerves to a whole new level’
Ashley, who has openly documented the daily challenges of caring for his daughter while she battles leukaemia, said last week having the youngster at home as ‘brought so much of his soul back.’
He also said that he and Azaylia had returned to hospital for a visit as they were waiting for her to have a bone marrow test.
In a lengthy post, which accompanied a picture of him and Azaylia in hospital, he wrote: ‘Humbled every time we return. Being at home has been amazing.
Options: Ashley said, ‘Over the last few weeks we have been exploring one of these options, by weaning her off her cyclosporine medication to give her donor cells a boost’
Doting dad: Ashley concluded in support of Azaylia, ‘fingers crossed, hopes, wishes, prayers and positive affirmations are going into this. I believe in you champ’
‘Having my family back together again has brought so much of my soul back, that I didn’t realise how much had actually gone!
‘It’s crazy that it was only the other day that it kicked in again how poorly my baby really is and how much of a tough battle we still have ahead! (sic)’
He went on: ‘I was speaking to my partner last night and I said to her that this is by far the saddest and most heartbroken I have ever been, yet it’s the happiest and most complete I have ever been.
Candid: Ashley said last week having Azaylia at home as ‘brought so much of his soul back’ after briefly returning to hospital
‘I guess it doesn’t make sense unless you’re in it, but when my baby is at home with me there is no moment in my lifetime that compares!
‘We have another eagerly waited bone marrow test coming up. My heart, my soul, my energy and my prayers are that we get the result we have been wishing for this time around! Let’s go Likkle Lion. I believe in you.’
It comes after Ashley admitted that he’s found the last couple of weeks ‘mentally challenging’ as he copes with his baby girl’s diagnosis.
In an emotional video shared to his Instagram last Friday, the reality star told how he’s pushed himself to get out of his ‘comfort zone’ and back on top form as he insisted: ‘My daughter needs me at 150%’.
Procedure: Ashley said his seven-month-old daughter is now waiting for another bone marrow test, and his ‘heart’ and ‘soul’ are focusing on getting ‘the result we have been wishing for’
Speaking into the camera during a walk, Ashley told how the video is ‘self reflection’ after finding himself struggling mentally in the wake of his daughter’s illness.
The reality star then gave an inspirational message of how he’s turned things around and is determined to be strong and transfer his positive energy to his little girl.
He said: ‘The last couple of weeks have been very mentally challenging and I’ve done what I never do, I let myself slip.
‘It’s all because I haven’t kept my standards, I haven’t been tenacious with the way I go through life. I’ve sat back and I’ve allowed myself to get in my comfort zone and that is the worst thing you can do. Nothing was ever achieved in a comfort zone.’
So tough: It comes after Ashley admitted that he’s found the last couple of weeks ‘mentally challenging’ as he copes with his baby girl’s devastating diagnosis
Earlier this month, he gave an update on Azaylia’s treatment, saying he and partner Safiyya Vorajee’s, 33, next course of action was to reduce her cyclosporine medication in the hope it will prompt Azaylia’s stem cells to fight her cancer.
Ashley was left in tears last month when he marked the moment his daughter Azaylia left hospital to go home for the first time in five months.
The reality star described it as a ‘miracle blindsided by heartbreak’ after doctors delivered the news her leukaemia had returned – just 10 minutes before the family were due to leave the children’s ward.
Taking to Instagram, Ashley shared the moment of Azaylia ‘ringing the bell’ so he and his partner Safiyya could finally take her home, with Azaylia continuing her treatment as an outpatient.
Heartbreaking: He recently told fans that there are ‘very few options’ to help his baby daughter Azaylia after her leukaemia returned (pictured in January)
The couple had faced an agonising two week wait to find out whether the stem cell transplant managed to clear out the leukaemia from her bone marrow.
Ashley said he was devastated to learn Azaylia was at a higher risk of complications going into the transplant after her cancer returned, following two rounds of chemotherapy.
When Azaylia was diagnosed with leukaemia she had a soaring white cell count of 200, and also had tumours on her lungs, kidneys, and stomach.
Emotional: Ashley was left in tears last month when he marked the moment his daughter Azaylia left hospital to go home for the first time in five months