The mum of seven-year-old Sunderland lad Oliver Maw said his battle with neuroblastoma is "heading in the right direction", but fears that unless more than £200,000 is raised - the traumatic treatments or chemo-, radio- and now immunotherapy he has undergone could be for nothing.
Speaking to ChronicleLive, Phillipa Maw wanted to highlight how difficult the vital immunotherapy was for triplet Oliver. Diagnosed with the rare form of childhood cancer in February last year, the illness has turned the family's life upside down.
It is the same illness suffered by Bradley Lowery - and the foundation set up by Bradley's family are supporting Oliver's cause. So too are the Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service, because Oliver's uncle Peter is a firefighter.
