A PUBLIC appeal has been launched to help raise £5000 towards end of life care for terminally ill little boy Braiden Prescott.
Braiden-Lee Prescott
At only 7 years of age, Braiden and his family have to endure a battle with cancer three times, and his family recently received the devastating news that he only has a few months to live.
A crowdfunding appeal was launched on Wednesday through popular website Justgiving, has a target of £5000 that will help Braiden and his family through his end of life care.
As of Monday evening, they have reached £1250 of their target, with more coming in every hour from all over the world. Donations have come as far and wide as the US and Australia.
Many of those who donated to the cause left messages of support for Braiden and his family. Heather Kelly wrote: “Keep going Braiden. You are a beautiful lad with such great strength”.
Callum Hesketh, managing director of Impress Managing and Marketing Limited from St Helens, was honoured to set up and campaign for such an inspirational little boy.
“I am very proud for my company to be leading this campaign to raise funds for Braiden and his family at this stressful time. Braiden is currently receiving end of life support and has shown time and time again how brave and strong he is”.
The heart-breaking news came just days before Braiden celebrated his 7th birthday in spectacular fashion. Hundreds of people came together to give him the best birthday he could imagine, featuring the dancing storm troopers from Britain’s Got Talent, Alex Winters from CBeebies, Postman Pat, superheroes, a magician, a bouncy castle and so much more.
The Dancing Storm Troopers who performed at Braiden’s birthday.
Organiser and friend of the family, Mindy Johnson, paid tribute to everyone who came and made Braiden’s birthday so special.
Speaking to the Manchester Evening News, she said: “I’m totally amazed at all the help I received in making Braiden’s birthday so special and special memories for Steph, Wayne and the boys.
He only got out of hospital at 5am on Sunday as he needed blood and then he was on morphine, but he was happy and he loved eating the hot dogs and ice cream. He got hundreds of cards from people. The support has been amazing.”
Mindy has her own GoFundMe page which you can donate to here.
Braiden-Lee Prescott is diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma, an aggressive form of cancer that can be ravaging to anyone, let alone a little boy. His family traveled to the United States in 2012 in order to receive treatment that wasn’t available on the NHS, costing them over £200,000 which was met by generous donations and fundraising, as wells as a sizeable portion paid for by the Neuroblastoma Alliance UK.
During treatment with the Children’s Oncology Group, his family received the devastating news that Braiden’s cancer had relapsed, so the family came back home to the UK in order to carry on treatment closer to the rest of his family and friends.
Since then, people have continued to rally to the aid of this very special boy and his family, and are aiming to do what they can in order to make Braiden’s life easier.
All donations are welcome and you can find the link to contribute towards Braiden’s end of life care with Derian house here.
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