This is Staffordshire --A CANCER survivor who missed a year of school during her hospital treatment is now hoping to become a doctor herself after achieving high GCSE grades.
Olivia Cork had to relearn how to walk after part of her leg was amputated following the discovery of bone cancer.
But the inspirational teenager – known to family and friends as Liv – refused to give up and crammed a year's worth of studying into just five months.
Now the 16-year-old, from Newchapel, has achieved one A, six Bs and two Cs in her GCSE and BTEC courses at Alsager School.
She said: "I'm very determined. I wanted to prove to myself I could do it."
Olivia was diagnosed with cancer in 2011 and faced 11 months of chemotherapy as well as the loss of her right leg.
"They only told me about the amputation a couple of days before the operation. But once it was done, it was a relief in a way," she recalled. "Much worse could have happened. I'm still here.
"I had the whole year to myself and couldn't do anything mentally. I could only manage studying for an hour every week or two weeks."
She spent much of that time as a patient at Alder Hey Hospital, in Liverpool, and her parents divided up the week so they could stay at her bedside.
But Olivia, who is a triplet, had to spend long periods apart from her brother Alex and sister Chloe.
"When I went back to school in January last year, I had no hair and no leg for a while," she said.
"I was 15 and learning to walk again. It felt pretty ridiculous. I now have a prosthetic leg and just have to trust it because it's not my leg."
Well-wishers have been helping to raise £50,000 towards the cost of a bionic leg for Olivia once she turns 18.
Olivia added: "We've raised close to £10,000 so far. It's really nice how people have helped. The Scouts did a walk for me and the Round Table have also helped.
"Good things have come out of my experience.
"In hospital, I also met people who would share their lives with me. It hasn't all been doom and gloom."
Olivia didn't want to be held back a year at school because it would have meant missing out on getting GCSEs at the same time as her friends.
Some of her teachers laid on extra sessions to help her catch up and she also dropped a few subjects to focus on the main ones.
She picked up her results alongside Alex, who gained 10 GCSEs, and Chloe, who achieved 11 GCSEs.
Alex said: "She's got through everything better than I could have done. It takes a lot of strength. I did try helping her with maths, but she overtook me."
Mum Fiona Gibson added: "Liv is just so determined. She's amazing. Nothing is going to stop her now."
Olivia's medical treatment has also inspired her career aspirations as she wants to study medicine after taking her A-levels.
She has been working in a pharmacy over the summer to help get the required experience.
She said: "I want to be a doctor because they can help people. I want to make this a better place." Reported by This is 2 days ago.