When Australian athlete Ellie Cole was two years old, she was diagnosed with a rare tumour.
She had a life-threatening neurosarcoma wrapped around the nerves of her right leg and endured more than a year of brutal chemotherapy to rid her body of the cancer.
But she wasn't out of the woods yet — when Ellie was three, a doctor told the athlete's parents her right leg would have to be amputated above the knee.
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Ellie, who has gone into the South African jungle to compete in this year's season of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here, spoke about the reality of losing her leg with her camp mates.
"My parents and the doctors made the decision to amputate my leg," she said.
"So many people are so scared to ask questions about disability because they’re so afraid of offending, but it really limits the information that we take in, and that’s one thing I’ve loved about the camp mates because they ask questions."
The 17-time Paralympic medallist has just ticked becoming a reality TV star off her list, but in February, Cole also marked another major personal milestone by becoming a mum.
On February 5, she and her partner Silvia announced the birth of their son, Felix Parker Cole, who arrived three weeks earlier than expected.