Ashley Cain showed the extensive medication his terminally-ill daughter Azaylia has to have as her health declines amid her heartbreaking leukaemia battle.
The Ex On The Beach star, 34, took to Instagram at 9am on Saturday morning where he showed seven syringes for his daughter, and said it was already her second lot of medication for the day.
Ashley filmed the syringes, designed to provide nutritional support for those unable to eat, lined up on Azaylia’s high chair.
Heartbreaking: Ashley Cain showed the extensive medication his terminally-ill daughter Azaylia has to have as her health declines amid her heartbreaking leukaemia battle
Eight-month-old Azaylia has to have a feeding tube directly into her stomach to provide her with food.
He captioned the shot: ‘Azaylia’s 2nd lot of medication this morning 9am.’
On Friday, Ashley’s partner Safiyya, 34, said their daughter has been ‘struggling’ to open her eyes due to swelling.
Update: The Ex On The Beach star, 34, took to Instagram at 9am on Saturday morning where he showed seven syringes for his daughter (pictured), and said it was already her second lot of medication for the day
Information: Ashley filmed the syringes, designed to provide nutritional support for those unable to eat, lined up on Azaylia’s high chair
The doting mum cradled her eight-month-old baby in her arms as she explained that they were going to put cold compresses on Azaylia’s eyes in the hope it would help sooth the swelling.
Safiyya said in her video: ‘Azaylia’s got really, really swollen eyes today and we’ve been told by our community nurses to put some cold compresses on them and get them down again so she can open her eyes, bless her.’
Azaylia’s battle with leukaemia has touched the heart of the nation, with many stars donating to a fundraiser previously set up by Ashley to pay for treatment.
Update: On Friday, Ashley’s partner Safiyya, 34, said their daughter has been ‘struggling’ to open her eyes due to swelling
And X Factor’s Scarlett, who starred on the show in 2018, has recorded a cover song as a tribute to Ashley’s daughter, affectionately nicknamed ‘likkle lion’.
Uploading a picture of Azaylia, Scarlett, 23, wrote on Instagram: ‘How Can Someone you have never met have such a impact on your life’ Azaylia you are the reason, I haven’t stopped thinking and praying and crying and smiling because of you!
‘Your beautiful little face lights up everyone’s world. @mrashleycain @miss_safiyya_ You Guys Need a medal, your strength and love for your daughter is outstanding I pray that god heals our little princess! You princess are the people’s princess❤️ please whoever reads this PRAY for a healing how can life be so cruel…
She continued: ‘I have been asked a ton of times to record a cover and of course I was going to.. it will be up tomorrow. Keep fighting champ you got this and you got a whole lot of us here fighting with you too..❤️ #azaliya #letsgochamp.’
Azaylia was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of leukaemia when she was just two months old.
Family: Ashley and Safiyya have chronicled her battle on Instagram, while also raising awareness for the disease
Ashley and Safiyya have chronicled her battle on Instagram, while also raising awareness for the disease.
Last week, the couple were left devastated when doctors revealed there was no further treatment available amid her leukaemia battle following the discovery of multiple tumours in her body.
Ashley said scans revealed Azaylia has tumours in her stomach, liver, spleen and kidneys, in addition to tumours in her brain.
The couple had raised more than £1.5m to fund a trip to Singapore for life-saving transplant, but she was being treated in the UK during the interim.
Devastating: Last week, the couple were left devastated when doctors revealed there was no further treatment available amid her leukaemia battle
But Ashley told his followers that because Azaylia’s leukemia was so rare and aggressive, they could no longer fly to Singapore and instead would take her home from hospital to make her final days ‘as fun as they can’.
The television personality told fans: ‘They found tumours in her stomach her spleen her kidneys, as well as the tumours in her brain, and the chemotherapy’s not working.
‘Her disease is that aggressive that nothing they are doing… Nothing’s working.
‘And then, to make it worse, the consultants got an email from Singapore, and because Azaylia’s literally one in a trillion – she literally is she’s so special, she’s one in a trillion – but unfortunately so is her disease. In Singapore they can’t create a CAR T for her leukaemia.
Holding back tears, the doting dad continued: ‘So that means we’re going back home. We’re going back home and, we’re gonna try and make our baby as comfortable as possible…
‘And we’re gonna have as much fun as we can with her as possible. And I thought that…
‘When you hear of all the other kids in the hospital they just wanna be at home, but Azaylia doesn’t have a voice yet. I think if she had a voice, she’d want to be at home to. So we’re gonna take her home.’
Ashley told fans that he forced himself and his partner to get up, get dressed, eat and clean up, adding: ‘We’re gonna smile, we’re gonna be strong and we’re gonna go out with honour.’
Poor baby: Doctors have found tumours in Azaylia’s stomach, her spleen, her liver and her kidneys, in addition to tumours in her brain. And sadly, the chemotherapy isn’t working