A mum said her son "touched thousands of hearts" before he died following a battle with cancer.
Jayden Lamerton, was diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour on January 5, 2023, after being taken to hospital when his parents noticed his eye had "suddenly turned inwards" in December 2022. The little boy, who was a Liverpool supporter, was diagnosed with a diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma - a highly aggressive brain tumour that is very hard to treat - and he was given nine months to one year to live.
On Tuesday, May 23, Jayden's mum Chelsea issued an update on the Jayden's army Facebook group, to announce he had died. In a post last night Chelsea said that she wants to set up a charity in his name to "hopefully one day find a cure so that no child has to go through this ever again".
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The post read: "I just want to take the time to thank every single person for the love and the support we have received as a family and the love so many of you had for Jayden he touched thousands of hearts. You have given me so much strength to keep going and it means the whole world to me.
"The memories we were able to make have been incredible and he had the time of his life. I was able to give him anything and everything he wanted, I am so incredibly proud to be his mum and know that I gave him the best life I possibly could."
After the six-year-old's diagnosis, his family started making memories together, with the ultimate goal of getting Jayden to meet his hero, Mo Salah. At the end of January Jayden met Mohamed Salah, along with the rest of the team, when he visited Anfield for the first time to watch the team play Chelsea.
Aunt Lucy said: "Somebody from LFC got hold of Chelsea and said that they would get him back to meet the players. Jayden didn’t find out until he was there as it was a big surprise for him."
But the excitement did not stop there as the young boy then got to meet players from both sides of the game. Lucy added: "After the game he was taken down to the lockers where he met all of the players for LFC and also Chelsea FC, he met their families and played football with the players' children.
"They were all being lovely and asking Jayden for pictures with him. He was taken down to see their cars also."
The family also set up a GoFundMe and the page raised a total of £75,862. Now the family are asking people to donate to give Jayden the "most incredible send off" and to help set up the charity.
The post continued: "We are now looking into creating a charity in his name 'Jayden's Army'.
"I couldn’t do much to save him but I will do everything I can to raise awareness and money to hopefully one day find a cure so that no other child or families have to go through what we have.
"I am asking for anyone that would like to help give Jayden the most incredible send off to please donate to his GoFundMe. Money left over will be put into the charity. I can’t change the past but I will do everything I can to help change the future."
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