A teenage cancer victim has been given just three months to find a bone marrow donor to save his life.

Sixteen year-old Omar Al Shaikh and his mum are desperate to find him a suitable stem cell match and as he is half Romanian, half Arabic, the hunt is more difficult, the Birmingham Mail reports.

His mum Mirabela, 38, who sleeps at his hospital bedside has called for people to join the Anthony Nolan register to help.

I keep crying. He says, stop it, I dont want you to cry any more.

"I am the only parent and I have to be strong, Mirabella said.

Hopes: Omar Al Shaikh, with his mum Mirabela, wants to go to college

Finding a donor is very difficult. Because I am Romanian and Omars father is Arabic, it is a mixture between light and dark.

Omar was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia after passing-out during a football match last Easter.

They told me it may be leukaemia, recalled Subway worker Mirabela.

I shouted, dont tell me that. You dont want to hear that.

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Dying teenager fighting cancer has just THREE MONTHS to find a bone marrow donor