Charlie’s family while he is poorly

Hi my name is Kerry. A couple of days ago whilst on a family holiday in Morecambe, my beautiful nephew Charlie took ill with what was believed to be anaemia following a viral infection.

He was taken to Lancaster hospital where his blood results were wholly abnormal. An ambulance was sent to bring him to the RVI children’s hospital where he had a lumber puncture and bone marrow biopsy. The blood test showed he is actually suffering from leukaemia. At only 3 years old this is devastating news for us all as a family, but no one more than his mam, dad and siblings Sophie, oliver, Lexi, Josh and Melissa.

We have been inundated with lots of love and support since his diagnosis and the family are finding a lot of strength through all of your compassion.

We are really hopeful that Charlie will make a full recovery but we have been told he will need 2-3 years of gruelling treatment that could make him very poorly. Charlie’s mam (my sister Dawn) and his dad Darren both work self employed and are unable to work whilst Charlie is poorly. With another 5 children to support as-well as the financial strain of having a child in hospital, I am looking to do a fundraiser to try to raise funds to help them through these really tough months ahead.

Thank you all in advance xx