A 12-year-old boy has tragically died just weeks after doctors called his family to say he needed hospital treatment.
Edward Hunstone was diagnosed with grade two pilomyxoid astrocytoma - a type of brain tumour - when he was three.
He then endured eight years of chemotherapy until January 2021, the Liverpool Echo reports.
During that time, Edward also lost his vision in his right eye and in 2020 needed a shunt due to fluid on his brain, this also needed to be fixed four times.
In January this year, the boy and his family were on a break at Center Parcs when they received a call from medics who said Edward needed to have a bone marrow biopsy.
The 12-year-old had the procedure on January 18 and a day later the family were told Edward had acute myeloid leukaemia.
His grandma Tracy said: "They did another [bone marrow biopsy] in January, I can't remember the exact date but it was a Wednesday, and by the Thursday he was in hospital and never left."
Edward's family said this treatment caused him to be "very, very poorly" and tragically the schoolboy passed away on February 22.
Paying tribute to her son's mum Sam Hunstone, 40, described him as "amazing" and said she was proud of him.
She said: "Edward was a little nutter, he really was, but he was so sweet as well. Say if he had pocket money, the others would just spend theirs, but he would sit and think.
"Say there were two things he wanted, he would take about an hour to decide which one he wanted. He wouldn't just go ‘mum get me the other one’.
"He was also the first person to offer you money if you needed it. He would say ‘oh I have my pocket money if you need it’. He was so sweet. We are all so proud of him."
His nan added: "Edward had no filter, he would say it exactly how it was. He was amazing. He loved arts, he loved crafts, he loved going out for night drives. Especially through covid because he couldn’t mix with other people.
"He was a right little character and said exactly what he thought. He was amazing. He had such a fight."
The family set up a GoFundMe page to raise money for Edward's funeral and give him "the best send-off he deserves".
You can donate by clicking here.
