The household of a four-year-old boy is battling to boost £250,000 to assist him in his determined battle with a uncommon most cancers.
Calum Rae's household says an costly American drug trial will assist the younger boy battle off an aggressive , which has a five-year survival charge of fifty %.
Little Calum's mum Victoria McDonald and pa Andrew Rae hope the therapy will give them a bit extra time with their son, the studies.
Calum was first identified in March and has up to now fought by way of seven cycles of chemotherapy.
However he nonetheless has a stem cell transplant and 4 weeks of radiotherapy left to endure.
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Chatting with the Report, Andrew, 35, from Ayrshire stated: "We've got to be sturdy, we now have to maintain combating for Calum and we're doing the whole lot we are able to to assist save our little boy. We simply want some assist."
Victoria, 33, stated: "After they instructed us Calum had most cancers, we simply crumbled. Our complete world simply stopped.
"The very first thing that goes by way of your head is, ‘is he going to die? He’s solely 4. Are we going to lose our boy?’
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"It was whole panic. Seeing him, you simply want it wasn’t actual. There are occasions I simply sit and cry and pray it’s been a mistake however that is our actuality."
She added: "This most cancers is so aggressive they don’t even name it being in remission as a result of it's so prone to come again."
Calum's battle with most cancers stretches again to January, when the younger boy caught .
However when his signs did not subside, his GP prompt it might be a post-viral an infection linked to shingles.
He was later despatched for an MRI scan as his situation stored getting worse. The scan revealed he had a neuroblastoma near his spinal twine.
When Calum finishes his therapy in Glasgow, medical doctors will then determine on surgical procedure to take away the tumour. If surgical procedure is given the go-ahead, he might be thought-about for the American trial.
Victoria stated: "He’s very sturdy willed and decided and the nurses say that may stand him in good stead as he goes by way of this. He isn’t going to simply take this, he's going to provide this go."
The Rae household has already raised £66,506 towards their £250,000 goal on Simply Giving, however are nonetheless a great distance off getting Calum the therapy he wants.
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