A mum's world came "crashing down" after finding out her son would be spending Christmas in hospital.
Lewis Wright was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia in July 2020, just four days before his 12th birthday. The Birkdale High School pupil then endured months of chemotherapy treatment at Alder Hey before he was declared cancer free in March 2021.
However, the "nightmare" started again in August this year when Lewis, 14, relapsed. He recently underwent a bone marrow transplant and will have to spend Christmas in Manchester Children's Hospital.
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Speaking to the ECHO his mum Kayleigh Sherran, from Southport said: “All was going well. Lewis was back in school and living life to the full until our lives came crashing down again on August 29 this year. Lewis started showing symptoms, he was pale, he was bruising from the slightest touch and he was having nose bleeds regularly.
“Myself and Lewis' stepdad Stu took him to Alder Hey at 3pm for blood tests, at 6pm I received a phone call from the oncology consultant saying I was to bring Lewis into hospital as his cancer had returned. For a 14-year-old boy to have to go through this once was horrific but to go through it twice is truly awful."
Kayleigh said after the relapse Lewis has had to endure chemotherapy "twice as strong" as the last time he was treated and the side effects have "hit him hard". However she said Lewis "never complains."
Kayleigh said: "He will remain in Manchester in an isolation room until he is well enough to come home which means unfortunately he will spend Christmas in hospital. He can’t have any visitors other than myself and Stu by his side which means he also has to spend Christmas away from his sister and his family. This will stay the same until he is able to come home, which won't be until the end of January or possibly February.
“Lewis is currently suffering from jaundice, nausea, rashes, temperatures, and lethargy just to name a few of the side effects. Despite all this he is still smiling his way through reassuring his family he will be ok.
"I couldn't be any more proud of my boy and how he copes in such horrendous, heartbreaking circumstances. All I can hope for is that this horrible disease doesn't return again and that his body accepts the transplant.”
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