A Calverton mum has raised more than £150,000 for charity in memory of her toddler who sadly died after battling a rare cancer. Jessica and Lee Neal, 35 and 38, lost their 16 month old son Ted in April 2022 to an aggressive form of cancer that was so rare it did not have a name when he was first diagnosed.
A mesenchymal chondrosarcoma tumour was found in Ted’s sinus and it later spread to his brain and spinal cord, causing him to pass away on April 9, 2022. Jessica and Lee first noticed that Ted's face had swelled whilst they were on holiday and initially thought that he had rubbed sand into his eye at the beach, but his mum had a gut feeling that something wasn't right.
Tests found that the toddler had a cancerous tumour in one of his sinuses, which was so rare it was not named until January 2022. The couple have since set up the Little Ted Foundation to keep Ted's memory alive and help other sick children.
