Fundraiser for brave teenager told he has up to a year left to live hits £60k in just one day
A fundraiser for a brave teenager who was told that he up to a year left to live has hit a mammoth £60k in just one day.
Parents Ruth and Brett, along with Arnold and his siblings George, 20, Stella, 18, Henry, 15 and Ivan, two, are desperate to move from Bedfordshire back to Manchester, where Ruth is originally from, and create a final year of unforgettable memories with Arnold and loved ones, a fundraiser was shared to raise money and make it a reality.
The GoFundMe, started by Ruth's brother Samuel, quickly amassed thousands of donations and has already shot up to over £60,000 in just one day with floods of people leaving heartwarming well wishes. "I was lying in the hospital bed early in the morning last Friday and and asked me, 'am I going to survive mum?' I knew I had to tell him the truth. I looked at him and said no, you're not, and he just broke down crying.
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