A teenager who went to the doctors complaining of back pain died just three weeks later after he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. Carl Scott, 19, was told by professionals that the condition had spread to 'every part of his body', with the exception of his brain.
Now his heartbroken mum, Claire Abraham, has paid a touching tribute to her 'loving and caring boy' following her first Christmas without him.
The 19-year-old, from North Shields, had asked medics for help after discovering a lump on his back that was causing him pain, Chronicle Live reported. Tests revealed he had a rare form of sarcoma called Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma. - a soft tissue cancer that had spread across his body.
