A heartbroken mum has paid tribute to her "darling boy'"after his short cancer battle. Jayden Lamerton, 6, was diagnosed with high-grade brain tumour diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) in January and was given just nine months to one year left to live.
Devastated mum Chelsea Johnson said her son had passed away after taking a turn for the worse on Tuesday. She posted the tragic news on the 'Jayden's army' Facebook page, which was set up to keep people up to date with the youngster's life, reports the Plymouth Live.
She wrote: "After Jayden deteriorated last week unfortunately Jayden rapidly decided, he wasn’t able to take in any food and liquids due to finding it very difficult to swallow. Jayden spent the last two days at home but unfortunately started to have trouble breathing.