Isaac Hersi's Journey

Isaac is adored by everyone who has met him, especially his little brother. But this sweet, kind and loving child was diagnosed with high-risk neuroblastoma in May 2018, sending his familys world crashing down.
Isaac is adored by everyone who has met him, especially his little brother. But this sweet, kind and loving child was diagnosed with high-risk neuroblastoma in May 2018, sending his familys world crashing down.
Isaac is adored by everyone who has met him, especially his little brother. He enjoys playing with his friends, swimming, reading stories and watching Marvel films Spiderman is his favourite. But this sweet, kind and loving child was diagnosed with high-risk neuroblastoma in May 2018, sending his familys world crashing down.
When the word cancer arrived in our lives we were totally and completely devastated and broken. We didnt know much about neuroblastoma but Isaac has stage 4, which means the tumour cells have already spread to other sites in the body, says mum, Zamia.
Isaac has already had eight rounds of aggressive chemotherapy and received countless blood transfusions and scans as his health deteriorated rapidly due to internal bleeding from the tumour. But he has made steady progress and the family hope once he completes frontline treatment he will have no evidence of the disease.
Neuroblastoma is a rare childhood cancer that affects around 100 children in the UK each year. If Isaac is in remission at the end of frontline treatment, the cancer will come back almost 50% of the time and if it does, he theres only a 1 in 10 chance he will survive for more than five years.
It means that Isaacs family is raising funds in case he needs to access treatment not available on the NHS to either keep the cancer from returning they are particularly interested in the Bivalent Vaccine clinical trial at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York - or clear the disease if his treatment unfortunately doesnt go to plan.
"Were praying and hoping that Isaac will be fortunate enough to get to remission at the end of his treatment and our mission is to do everything we can to try and stop this horrible cancer from returning and give Isaac the best chance possible to grow up and have a normal childhood with his baby brother. "
To read the rest of Isaacs story and for fundraising resources, visit his page on the Solving Kids' Cancer website.
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