A young man who was suffering from back pains was devastated to learn he had leukaemia.
Oliver Williams had been struggling with back pains which doctors initially suspected was a lumbar sprain.
Following further tests in September this year, the 16-year-old learned he had cancer, Sussex Live reported.
He has since started intense treatment which has caused a big strain on his parents Sian and Richard.
The family require adaptations to be made to their house to support Oliver, who currently cannot complete even the simplest task unaided.
Brogan Blake, Oliver's Aunt, has said the family was in shock following the diagnosis.
"The news absolutely floored us, we were not expecting it," said the mum-of-two.
"It started with back pain and the GP said it was a lumbar sprain and sent Oliver to a hydrotherapy pool.
"He was in absolute agony, the doctors were providing him with diazepam and codeine, but it just kept getting worse and worse.
"It got to the point where Oliver couldn't move, so they took him to the GP in a wheelchair."
After a vicious cycle where Oliver was being seen to by paramedics, treated with painkillers then discharged, the family decided more had to be done.
He had numerous CT scans, MRI scans and blood tests to find out the cause of the pain.
The family were informed that Oliver would have to go for more tests at the Royal Marsden, which is when the ominous signs began to appear.
"The normal thing to do is to Google the hospital," Brogan continued.
"When you do that, the Marsden is listed as a specialist cancer hospital, that was the first indication that this could be something really serious."
Oliver then tested positive for Covid-19 and was sent straight into isolation at the Marsden, a bone marrow biopsy and a lumbar puncture confirmed his leukaemia diagnosis at this time.
Oliver is now under care at the Royal Marsden and the Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital in Brighton.
The teenager now goes to the Royal Alexandra three times per week for intensive chemotherapy, and takes chemotherapy tablets each night at home.
Brogan, a 32-year-old dispensing assistant at a pharmacy, has said this has been tough for Oliver, who also has ADHD, as he loves being at home and is very family orientated.
She also says there are notable changes with her nephew including severe exhaustion, caused by the cancer and the many medications he is on.
"He's got absolutely no appetite," she continued.
"He likes really naughty food, junk food, but you can't even tempt him with stuff like that now.
"He just feels so, so sick all the time, you can't even tempt him with the treats he normally likes.
"Oliver's really tall and slim, he always has been but now he has got what they call 'moon face' where the face becomes round and inflated.
"His iron levels are also severely low - he's now sort of a grey, yellow colour."
Brogan has said the affect this has had on the entire family has been horrific, with Oliver's parents struggling to cope with it all.
"They're absolutely in pieces - my heart goes out to Sian so much, you can't imagine your child being so ill that they physically can't do anything," she said.
"As a mum you can always say, you're going to be OK, I'm going to support you, but that doesn't change anything."
Oliver's illness has been a financial strain on his family.
His train driver dad Richard has to miss work to take him to hospital while mum Sian has had to leave her job at the Co-op to care for him.
"We wanted to raise funds to help support them basically just to live, and if we had anything left over it would go towards giving them something to look forward to," said Brogan.
"Oliver has an 18 year old brother and 9 year old sister who Sian has to care for as well.
"They are completely devastated, especially Emily, she's so young.
"It's not only a case of telling her that her brother is poorly, its trying to tell her just how poorly he is.
Brogan also spoke of the persistent treatment Oliver will have to go through in his bid for recovery.
"They've said the treatment will last for four years and has a 70 percent chance of survival."
Recent biopsy results however are not what the family had hoped for.
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