“I don’t want to die, mum,” were the tear stricken words from a 15-year-old boy in Leeds, who was told he had cancer after weeks of horrifying symptoms.
Harley Telford, from Belle Isle, is lying in a ward in Leeds General Infirmary, after being diagnosed leukaemia on Wednesday, October 19. His mum Joanne, 41, has been breaking down seeing her “giant baby”, who stands at about 6ft, waste away while undergoing chemotherapy to treat his diseased red blood cells.
In the five weeks leading up to his diagnosis, the Oulton Academy schoolboy developed lumps and swelling all over his body and was going to his general practice for repeat visits. He also began to feel very ill and experienced extreme weight loss.
