<div><p>After complaining of stomach pain, accompanied by fever, 10-year-old Nya King of Memphis was taken to hospital by her mother on March 11. Doctors diagnosed her with strep throat and gave her an antibiotic shot. </p><p>They told Nya's mother N'Khemya, to monitor her over the next 24-48 hours and the family headed home. </p><p>Less than 24 hours after leaving hospital Nya was rushed back by paramedics. Within minutes of arriving at hospital she was intubated and the family was told she had a elevated white blood cell count. </p><div><figure><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/nkhemya-kingmathews" target="_blank"><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/18996174_1489883918-1831.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/18996174_1489883918-1831_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/18996174_1489883918-1831_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/18996174_1489883918-1831_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></a><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/nkhemya-kingmathews" target="_blank">GoFundMe</a></cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>"When I heard the word Leukemia I was like, we don't have cancer. What are you talking about?" Trayce Tate-Campbell, Nya's grandmother, told <strong><strong><a href="http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/34968303/10-year-old-diagnosed-with-strep-throat-dies-days-later-from-leukemia">WMC</a></strong></strong>. "I'm like, wait a minute. You said the baby had strep throat. What's going on?"</p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>"The doctor's explained that she had swelling in the brain and required life-saving brain surgery. We agreed, fully expecting N'Kheyma to be okay afterwards," the family <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/nkhemya-kingmathews">shared on her GoFundMe page.</a></p><div><figure><a href="http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/34968303/10-year-old-diagnosed-with-strep-throat-dies-days-later-from-leukemia" target="_blank"><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Girl-1.PNG" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Girl-1_GH_content_550px.PNG 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></a><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite><a href="http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/34968303/10-year-old-diagnosed-with-strep-throat-dies-days-later-from-leukemia" target="_blank">WMC</a></cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>She survived the surgery and was given a 60% chance of survival. After showing mild improvement when she started chemotherapy the same day as her brain surgery, Nya wouldn't wake up. </p><p>"After only a brief 3-day cancer struggle, N'Kheyma succumbed to Leukemia and this world is left without its brightest and most adorable angel," t<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/nkhemya-kingmathews">he family wrote</a>. </p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p><a href="http://www.wmcactionnews5.com" title="WMC Action News 5 - Memphis, Tennessee">WMC Action News 5 - Memphis, Tennessee</a></p><p></p></div>