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Myla Mae Hatcher in hospital. SWLEmiracle; A five-year-old with a 'one in a million' condition who endured housebound isolation last Christmas is set to celebrate the New Year going out with her family. Little Myla Mae Hatcher was diagnosed with 'severe aplastic anaemia' - only cured by a 110 per cent match transplant - just before Christmas 2017 and had to stay inside for three months. However, just 12 months on, brave Myla will this year be able to celebrate the New Year by going bowling and to a party with her proud family. Aplastic anaemia is a rare disease in which the bone marrow and stem cells that reside there are damaged - causing a deficiency of all three blood cell types. Courageous Myla underwent a horrific three-month spell indoors waiting for a donor after she was given the devastating diagnosis on December 8 last year. Her devastated parents Danielle and Jon Hatcher, both 29, were told a '10/10' match was the only way the youngster could receive a transplant due to the rarity of her condition. The tortuous three-month search for a match for the "warrior princess" ended in February this year when the family were given the incredible news a donor was available by staff at Sheffield Children's hospital.