Journey from despair to joy

All is well with Airin: Dr Mu Feng (left) and Fuda Cancer Hospital chief physician Professor Kecheng Xu examining Airin’s leg. With them are Mohd Faizal (in yellow), H’ng (in green) and Mohd Faizal’s friend.

GEORGE TOWN: Businessman Mohd Faizal Yusoff, 41, thought all was lost when doctors said the cancerous tumour on his daughter’s left leg could not be removed.

“We were in total despair when we were told that her left leg had to be amputated. The doctors feared the soft tissue cancer could spread to other parts of the body.