Calum, Our Rae of Sunshine

We need £250,000 for our cousin/ nephew Calum Rae. A beautiful 4 year old boy, full of life and laughter.

Calum caught chickenpox at the start of January and didn’t seem to get better after they had cleared up. He began to complain of a sore body and at times would refuse to walk. After three visits to the GP, he was referred to hospital. The doctors suspected a spinal infection and conducted an MRI scan to locate the infection.

Calum was diagnosed with stage-M high-risk Neuroblastoma. This is a rare and aggressive cancer with a poor survival rate due to it being highly likely to return.

A new vaccination is in trial at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre in New York, USA. This centre specialises in Neuroblastoma and is world-leading in developing immunotherapies against Neuroblastoma. The vaccine hopes to train the immune system to identify and destroy neuroblastoma cells. It aims to reduce the chance of relapse and increase the chance of survival. The vaccine isn’t available here in the UK.

His amazing family are trying to raise £250k to take Calum to New York, where he will receive treatment. It would involve Calum making the journey to New York multiple times throughout the year.