Braiden-Lee

Braiden-Lee’s story  

Braiden-Lee began to show signs of illness at the start of 2012. He was two years old and loved Mickey Mouse and Thomas the Tank Engine, like many other children his age. 

His parents noticed he had started limping and when he also developed a temperature, he was taken to the doctor. He didn’t improve though and was given a diagnosis of septic arthritis – he had surgery. but no infection was found. A few weeks later, Braiden-Lee had a CT scan of his abdomen and legs, followed by an MRI scan. 

Doctors could see ‘something’ and needed to run more tests and take biopsies, and this led to the devastating diagnosis of stage 4 high-risk neuroblastoma. 

Braiden-Lee’s family wished to access antibody therapy in the US in the hope of keeping the cancer away after frontline treatment in the UK was complete. At that time, antibody therapy was not available on the NHS, so his family started to fundraise for the £200,000 needed. Although not all the funds had been raised, there was no time to delay, so Solving Kids’ Cancer UK (then, the Neuroblastoma Alliance) funded the outstanding amount. 

Sadly though, in February 2013 scans confirmed Braiden-Lee had relapsed and the family returned to the UK. Braiden-Lee continued to fight this devastating cancer for another three years.  

He passed away on 1st September 2016 

_{Donations made in loving memory of children} 

_{Funds raised in loving memory of Braiden-Lee will be used to support other children like Braiden-Lee and their families through Solving Kids' Cancer UK's activities. Any funds raised through a previous fundraising campaign for access to treatment which were not spent on the child's treatment and pastoral needs are used to support other children and families through Solving Kids' Cancer UK's activities.}