Olivia-Grace ( pictured with mother Jessica Steele-Smith ) , now two years old , battled though surgery and chemotherapy to beat ovarian cancer . Happy and smiling in her mother ’ s arms , Olivia-Grace Steele looks a picture of health . But the two-year-old is one of the youngest ovarian cancer sufferers and has battled through surgery and chemotherapy . She first showed symptoms at ten days old but it was not until she was four months old that doctors realised what was wrong . Her mother Jessica Steele-Smith , of Oxford , said : ‘ Call it mother ’ s instinct , but I felt very strongly for months that there was something wrong with Olivia-Grace . ‘ I had spoken to medical professionals at least ten times because of her large belly and because she couldn ’ t keep her milk down . I was dismissed as an overanxious first-time mother. ’ Mrs Steele-Smith and husband Jake Smith , a nuclear energy development worker , grew more worried as doctors diagnosed their daughter with everything from constipation to colic . They finally found the true cause of her problems when they took her to Oxford ’ s John Radcliffe Hospital where doctors found her stomach swollen with more than a litre of fluid . An ultrasound scan revealed a 10cm mass on her right ovary , which was a rare cancerous juvenile granulosa cell tumour . Mrs Steele-Smith , 26 , said : ‘ We felt awful . Far from being a cute pot belly , the fluid had been building up because of the tumour . ‘ The consultants seemed to know what they were looking for immediately . ‘ We were stunned to be told our baby had ovarian cancer because you tend to consider it a disease that only affects older ladies. ’ Three days later on February 14 , 2013 , Olivia-Grace underwent an operation , which lasted for three hours , to remove the tumour . A picture of health : While Olivia-Grace looked like your average , bouncing baby , she had a rare cancerous juvenile granulosa cell tumour . Following surgery and chemotherapy , Olivia-Grace 's cancer was shown to be in remission by her first birthday . Following the surgery she needed three weeks of chemotherapy , which caused her to lose all of her blonde hair . But the treatment worked , and in August of that year scans showed that the cancer was in remission – all before Olivia-Grace ’ s first birthday . And , when her delighted parents married in September last year , she was well enough to be one of the bridesmaids .
Olivia-Grace first started showing symptoms when she was Three days later . She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer after doctors found a 10cm tumour . After surgery and chemotherapy , she was in remission by her first birthday .