The Ingrey-Smith family’s young son is seriously ill. Ellis was diagnosed with a rare 12cm neuroblastoma tumor in his stomach. The family is desperate for financial support to fund life-saving therapy for two-year-old Ellis in the US, the British said.Mirror‘ reports. The family, which also includes a little girl, lives in Great Britain.
“On Tuesday, July 18, 2023, our world came crashing down when we learned that our baby Ellis had a large tumor in his stomach. I cannot describe the feeling of devastation, fear and shock in that moment. It was a feeling of pure heartbreak and despair. I could barely breathe,” his mother Cloe writes.GoFundMe“.
“We only have a 60-day window”
According to the Mirror, Ellis is being treated with the drug difluoromethylornithine, which doctors say successfully prevents relapse in at-risk patients. However, this therapy is not available in the UK’s NHS health system and must be privately funded in the US.
According to “GoFundMe”, the family needs £250,000 (293,000 euros) for the therapy. So far they have been able to raise around £53,000 in donations, but time is running out. “We only have 60 days after he completes treatment for the American medicine to work,” Cloe told the Mirror.
“I’ve always been a mother, but overnight I became a full-time mother and medical caregiver,” Cloe said, “but I’m also the mother of a little girl who needs me. “I will do everything I can to keep us a family of four and I can’t imagine a future without our little man.”