A devastated family was told their son had cancer following a worried call from his headteacher.
Connor Ellerton, from Birkdale, suffered with a number of ear infections, with GPs prescribing antibiotics to the teen. But in 2019, when the 14-year-old was training with his school rugby team, the school's headteacher rang mum Joanne to say something wasn't right.
Joanne, along with dad Ian, picked up their son from the training session and decided to take him to Ormskirk Children's A&E where they explained that Connor had suffered a number of ear infections in the last six months. The doctor checked him over and said that she thought he had a perforated eardrum but wanted to do a blood test to be sure.
