A BRAVE boy and his family are celebrating him being 10 months cancer free.
Pitmaston Primary School pupil Oscar Saxelby-Lee was photographed on a Facebook page dedicated to him tucking into a big bowl of ice-cream.
His mother Olivia Saxelby said: “Results are in - 10 months cancer free -life at its best.”
Over 500 members of the Hand in Hand for Oscar group expressed their joy at the news with an outpouring of wishes.
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Elaine Cheryl Young said: “That wonderful news Oscar bear. I like what you're celebrating with looks and taste yum. Congratulations - keeping looking forward to all your goals in life and a healthy future together.”
Stephen Catherine said: “This sort of news makes my day! Never even met any of you and yet Oscar’s story has touched me from the start. I shall do a little happy dance in celebration.
Mandy Williams said: “Fabulous - words are not enough. Go live your life to the fullest you brave, strong little man. Am raising a glass to Oscar now.”
Charlotte Clucas said: “It is quite staggering to imagine what you have all been through compared to where you are now. This is such wonderful news - huge congratulations to all three of you.”
Chloe Law-Bateman said: “Amazing! You’re a real-life superhero Oscar.”
Paul Hill said: “Brilliant just brilliant, some of you on this page have only made this possible, just look at him, such great news.”
At the beginning of October, we reported on the six-year-old returning to school.
Before then, Oscar was last in the classroom at the school in Malvern Road in December 2018 just before he was diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
He then faced a gruelling bone marrow transplant before travelling to Singapore for life-saving CAR-T cell therapy a year ago after the nation backed his family’s plea to raise £500,000 to afford the treatment. They had been told no other treatment options were available on the NHS after his first bone marrow transplant failed.
In March 2019, people queued to attend a donor drive held at the school in a bid to find him a transplant match. Nearly 5,000 signed up to the DKMS transplant register during the event, held over two days at the school. It later emerged at least six donor matches were found at that event.”
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