The day four-year-old Logan Waite rang a bell to mark the end of his nine-month battle with cancer was one for which his family felt they’d waited a lifetime.

Thankfully, it finally came – and the brave youngster is now in remission having undergone a serious operation and months of chemotherapy to fight off the disease.

Logan, of Aspatria, was diagnosed on October 7, after his mum noticed blood in his urine.

He had what doctors at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle described as a “massive” Wilms tumour on his right kidney.

He was started on a six-week course of intensive chemotherapy to shrink the tumour before having an operation to remove it along with his kidney.

After that he underwent chemotherapy every Friday at the hospital.

Logan had his final lot of chemo on June 2 – and has since been given the all-clear.

“He was really excited. They get to ring a bell when their chemo is all finished. He was just really excited about ringing the bell,” said mum Kerry.

“Even though he’s got the all-clear it still hasn’t sunk in.”

Kerry’s mum, Logan’s grandmother, Angela Callister, said: “It was a big day. They make a big thing of it. It was a very, very emotional day.

“It was just a day that we waited for and then it finally came. At the beginning you didn’t think it was ever going to come.”

Kerry, 29, couldn’t leave Logan’s side.

From his diagnosis to January it felt like they were at hospital more than they were at home.

Logan got one infection after the other, which put him back in hospital.

Sometimes they would be home for as little as a day before having to make the near 80-mile journey back to Newcastle.

The whole ordeal took its toll on the family. But they stayed strong, with Jon, Logan’s dad, supporting his wife to maintain as much normality in the lives of their two other children, Harley, seven, and two-year-old Lacie.

Jon, 36, is a shift manager at Futamura, in Wigton.

The family said his bosses had been “fantastic” throughout and understood when he had to take time off.

Kerry, a mobile hairdresser, has not worked since October.

Throughout his illness everybody said what a brave little man Logan had been, always managing to keep a smile on his face.

It was rare that he would lay around feeling sorry for himself and he took every day and every hospital visit in his stride.

It was Logan’s huge smile that helped his mum and the rest of the family stay strong throughout his illness.

“It’s just the support of our whole family and friends. They have been fantastic and so have the community,” said Kerry. “I think it’s the support and love of the family that got everybody through it.

“I don’t think anybody realises how tough it is,” said Angela, who is so proud of her daughter and Jon.

“They knew everybody was behind them. It broke everybody’s heart.”

Shortly after Logan’s diagnosis one of Kerry’s friends set up a Just Giving page, which raised more than £4,000.

The family, who received donations from so many other people, now want to thank everyone for their overwhelming support over the past nine months.

“Everybody, everywhere round the community was fundraising,” said Angela.

“Money was being thrown around left, right and centre. The family just wants to thank everybody.”

Some supporters saw Logan’s story on Facebook and rallied round to do all that they could to help.

Raffles, dances and even a boxing match were among the fundraisers held by the community.

Kerry said Blennerhasset School, where Logan attends nursery, have also been amazing, with headteacher Jillian Harrison-Longworth even paying him a visit in hospital.

Where possible staff would ensure Logan could be at school. It was what he wanted but also meant there was a sense of normality in his life.

A £1,000 donation from the fundraising was given to the children’s cancer ward at the RVI, while the rest of the money will go towards a family holiday to Florida for Kerry, Jon and their three children.

Logan will now go for regular checks and scans to make sure his cancer doesn’t come back.

He is now looking forward to going swimming, which was something he had to avoid during his treatment.