A FUNDRAISING campaign has been set up to support the family of a two-year-old who has been given a tragic cancer diagnosis just weeks before Christmas.
Myles Love, from Carlisle, is battling stage four high risk neuroblastoma - a diagnosis which 'turned life upside down' for his worried family.
The toddler was diagnosed during a routine check up at The Cumberland Infirmary earlier this month and will receive treatment at The Great North Children's Hospital in Newcastle.
A tumour was discovered in the youngster's stomach, and in the last week it has grown significantly and spread to his bone marrow.
He was scheduled to begin chemotherapy yesterday, Monday, December 18.
Money raised through the fundraiser - which as of yesterday had already raised nearly a sixth of its £6,000 target - will go towards supporting Myles' mum and dad, Danielle and Jon.
They have two other children who need looking after and they will have to divide their time between Carlisle and Newcastle, which is going to be incredibly hard from both an emotional and financial perspective.
Jon told the News & Star: "He became sick around September but it was very generic symptoms. He was feeling lethargic, tired and didn't look interested in stuff.
"They did lots of tests over the next few months and couldn't find anything.
"Until, last week where they noticed that his tummy had swelled up and they felt the lump in his stomach.
"That's when they got in touch with Newcastle, rushed us over there, and there they did a biopsy and diagnosed him with neuroblastoma."
Myles may have to go through five phases of treatment due to it being stage four, high risk cancer, including 80 days of chemotherapy, surgery, more intense chemotherapy and then some radiotherapy and immunotherapy.
Jon added: "It's becoming quite stressful. My wife is staying in Newcastle with Myles and I'm having to travel back and forth to Newcastle while still trying to manage life at home.
"It's been really hard.
"We didn't realise how much support we had behind us until this happened because we've never needed it before.
"It's been lovely to see and it's nice speaking to people to try and maintain a bit of normality because everything has turned upside down almost overnight."
You can donate to Myles' GoFundMe here.
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