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Braiden-Lee Prescott has stage 4 neuroblastoma. Three year old Braiden-Lee and his family went to the United States at the end of 2012 so that he could receive the Children’s Oncology Group neuroblastoma treatment. This treatment was not be funded by the NHS and cost in excess of £200,000. 

Unfortunately in February 2013 Braiden was found to have relapsed. The family will be returning to the UK so Braiden can have further treatment and to assess if there are any other potential trials or clinical treatments that can help him.

If you can help, please make a donation to the Neuroblastoma Alliance UK, or organise a fundraising event to raise money for Braiden-Lee's Appeal. 

 

Braiden-Lee's Story

Braiden-Lee Prescott was born on 7th August 2009, a much loved first son to Wayne and Stephanie. At the end of 2010 Braiden-Lee became a big brother to Tyler and he took to his role like a very proud duck to water. He is a happy and cheeky three year old boy who loves Mickey Mouse and Thomas the Tank Engine.

But one day in the middle of February 2012, parents Wayne and Stephanie noticed that he had started limping. 3 days later he also developed a temperature, so Wayne and Stephanie took Braiden-Lee to the doctor. The doctor said that he couldn’t actually see Braiden limping, but checked his leg anyway. He thought everything was fine and prescribed him some paracetamol for his temperature.

Despite this Braiden-Lee didn’t get better, he got worse. Wayne and Stephanie took him to Leigh walk-in centre. After the Triage assessment, Braiden-Lee was rushed into a side room, stripped down to just his nappy where he had a fan directed at him to cool him down for half an hour.

The walk-in centre arranged for Braiden-Lee to be transferred to Wigan General Hospital where medical staff ran a range of tests on Braiden-Lee. Their initial diagnosis was of septic arthritis, and they transferring Braiden-Lee to Manchester Children’s Hospital. Following x-rays and ultrasound to his hips, they found some signs of ‘thickening’ which they thought confirmed the septic arthritis diagnosis.

Braiden-Lee went into surgery for an hour and half, and his hip joint was washed out to get rid of the infection. The surgeon told his parents that he had not found any signs of infection and was happy with Braiden-Lee following the operation.

However, after a few weeks and a course of intravenous antibiotics in hospital Braiden-Lee wasn’t getting any better, so staff gave him a CT scan of his abdomen and legs followed by an MRI scan. The MRI scan and they found “something” in his legs, hips, pelvis, in a few vertebrae in his spine, and a mass in his abdomen behind his tummy.

The oncologist spoke to Wayne and Stephanie and told them that the tests had shown Braiden-Lee did not have septic arthritis. This was when Braiden-Lee’s parent got the devastating news that the doctors thought their precious son had either had leukaemia or neuroblastoma.

Braiden-Lee needed more tests and three hours in the operating theatre where they did a bone marrow biopsy, a biopsy of the tumour in his abdomen and fitted a Hickman Line into his chest.

The next day the bone marrow biopsy results confirmed the frightening news: cancer cells had been found. Just days later the tumour biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of stage 4 neuroblastoma.

Three year old Braiden-Lee and his family went to the United States  before Christmas 2012 where Braiden-Lee started the Children’s Oncology Group neuroblastoma treatment protocol, which uses the antibody ch14-18, and cytokines IL-2 and GM-CSF. The treatment Braiden-Lee will receive in the United States is not available in the same format in the UK, where anti-GD2 and IL2 or just anti-GD2 alone are available as part of a trial. The treatment was not be funded by the NHS and cost in excess of £200,000.

Unfortunately in February 2013 Braiden was found to have relapsed. The family will be coming back to the UK so Braiden can have further treatment and to assess if there are any other potential trials or clinical treatments that could help him.

Braiden's dad Wayne said, “I find it hard to put into words how devastated we were by the diagnosis of neuroblastoma, but we’ve done our best to pick ourselves up and be strong for our little man. He’s our inspiration, a very special little boy and he is a true fighter.”

"Thank you to everyone who has tried to help Braiden. We ask everyone to please carry on supporting his appeal so that we can give our son a chance of beating this terrifying disease." 

 

Please give as much as you can afford, or hold a fundraising event to help Braiden-Lee and other children like him - call Claire or Nikki on 020 8202 9065 to find out more.

Every donation, no matter how small, helps.

 

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Neuroblastoma Children's Cancer Alliance

Neuroblastoma Children's Cancer Alliance

Charity Registration No. 1135601

We help children with neuroblastoma, a very aggressive childhood cancer, if they can't join UK trials or need a clinical treatment that is only available abroad. We help with treatment costs, support families and fund research.

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for our lil dude. love from ya mates in leigh :) love ya mills dude xxxxxx

Donation by jayne +co :) xx on 13/05/13

£300.00

+ £75.00 Gift Aid

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Donation by Anonymous on 10/05/13

£5.00

with lots of love braiden from our fancy dress pub crawl

Donation by victoria blackburn on 09/05/13

£191.21

+ £47.80 Gift Aid

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this is on behalf off grange slimming world marus bridge wigan

Donation by Zara riley on 08/05/13

£205.00

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donation from maddisons bar and spar leigh ..we love you braiden keep fighting xx

Donation by paul and elaine reece xx on 07/05/13

£152.00

+ £38.00 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 01/05/13

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Get well soon little man x

Donation by Stephanie Leyland on 30/04/13

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Braiden Lee & hisvwonderful family are touching the hearts of so many people. Love to you all - stay strong x

Donation by karen hesketh on 23/04/13

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Money from my sons nursery, Little People after having a pj day at nursery xxx sending lots of love to you Braiden xx

Donation by victoria blackburn on 23/04/13

£105.00

+ £26.25 Gift Aid

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Donation by Anonymous on 23/04/13

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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money raised from a fun day in aid of Braiden Lee Prescott, little smiler good luck and best wishes xxx

Donation by joanne whittle on 20/04/13

£285.00

Donation by Afsheen Khan on 18/04/13

£50.00

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May God Bless you This donation was made for Braiden Lee Prescott. With all my prayers and I wish I could do so much more!

Donation by Romana Dulic on 18/04/13

$30.00

Donation on behalf of Reece, Chris and Daves sponsored bike ride

Donation by victoria blackburn on 18/04/13

£359.00

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Donation on behalf of the Swan vs Speed demon rugby match on the 14th april. Two local bike clubs with big hearts. Best wishes from us all xxxx

Donation by carly Pendlebury on 16/04/13

£414.50

+ £103.63 Gift Aid

Donation made on behalf of Paul Wareing who sponsored Abigail and Julia for their Sponsored Walk on Sunday. Thank You Paul xxx

Donation by Stephanie Forshaw on 16/04/13

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Best wishes from all at TQ Property Lawyers

Donation by TQ Property Lawyers on 15/04/13

£115.00

+ £28.75 Gift Aid

Donation by Stephanie Forshaw on 15/04/13

£610.00

+ £152.50 Gift Aid

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sending best wishes to a brave little boy and his family

Donation by Anna Herko and Simon Ho on 14/04/13

£40.00

+ £10.00 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 14/04/13

£570.00

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Donation by Anonymous on 13/04/13

£10.00

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Donation by Anonymous on 11/04/13

£10.00

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From sarah Cunningham for the raffle of her cake at first steps nursery. Get well soon little man xxxxxxxx

Donation by Samantha Reece on 11/04/13

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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Donation by Bethany Ashton on 09/04/13

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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God bless you, dear boy!

Donation by Dmitry Zaytsev on 08/04/13

Donation summary

  • * Online donations£99,997.16
  • Offline donations£18,558.70
  • Text donations£8,498.00
  • Total raised£127,053.86
  • Gift Aid£13,571.93

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