Ethan is 8 years old this is his story.
At 6 years old, Ethan began exhibiting flulike symptoms. He developed swollen lymph nodes under both ears, red spots on his chest, nosebleeds, and pain in both legs making it difficult for him to walk. Ethan was taken to the GP on three separate occasions, but each time, the GP reassured the family that Ethan was simply battling a severe flu.
On November 6, 2022, Ethan experienced vomiting episodes and bleeding gums.
Rushed to the A&E, within 30 minutes an emergency blood test revealed the shocking diagnosis. Ethan had blood cancer and was promptly transferred to Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Upon arrival at GOSH Ethan’s condition was critical, with significantly elevated dangerous pressure heart rate, levels. dangerously low oxygen. Subsequent tests confirmed he had High-Risk T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic
Being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder at the age of 3, Ethan experiences a speech delay with limited vocabulary, mostly consisting of simple single words.
Despite his verbal limitations Ethan displays a keen interest in maps. By the age of 5 he astounded those around him by mastering all the countries and most major cities worldwide within just one week. His favourite among them was the United States of America and,
remarkably, he memorized all 50 states in less than 2 days. Ethan’s first words were not typical ‘mum’ or ‘dad’, instead, they were USA, Oklahoma, Japan and Osaka.
Known for his reserved nature, he prefers solitary activities in his own space rather than engaging with others.
Ethan’s dream is everything to do with maps, coding, LEGO and science and food he loves to learn and has a special Christmas List.
Please help us make Ethan’s Christmas truly special by buying one of his special gifts from a Christmas list.
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