"Please help save him": The huge fundraising drive for a little boy with leukaemia
21.08.2023 - 06:43
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Thousands of generous Mancunians - and others from across the country and the world - are rallying round to get a little boy with leukaemia over to the US for a potentially life-saving clinical trial.
His family said it's his last chance as no more treatment options are available in the UK.
The appeal for Dillan Ramsey, aged four, has incredibly attracted donations from more than 10,000 people - and now stands at almost £200,000. It was only launched on Thursday.
Dillan, from Cadishead, Salford, has been battling leukaemia since he was just a year old.
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His mum, Amy Ramsey, has previously documented the family's journey online, attracting a host of influential supporters including Michelle Keegan, Manchester City and England footballer John Stones, designer Nadine Merabi and actors Brooke Vincent and Cath Tyldesley.
Dillan was diagnosed with leukaemia after turning one and Amy said he was initially given a 93 per cent cure rate.
He had a bone marrow transplant last Christmas, but sadly relapsed again in March this year.
Amy, writing on the GoFundMe appeal, said the clinical trial in Washington, America, starts in October - and must be privately-funded.
No exact costs have been revealed, but the generous public - friends, family and complete strangers to Dillan - are coming forward to donate in their droves.
"I can’t bare the thought of losing him, we need as much help financially as we can get," said Amy in the appeal.
Last year a Greater Manchester restaurant held a stem cell swab drive in the hope of finding a bone marrow donor for Dillan. It followed doctors finding his cancer had spread to his spine.
Amy said in the