The family of a brave 11-year-old Wistaston boy needs to raise 120,000 by September so he can have lifesaving treatment in Asia to stop a rare form of bone cancer returning.

Georgy Capener was diagnosed with the highly malignant Ewings Sarcoma after a fall in a friends back garden on Easter Sunday in 2018.

Since then the plucky Wistaston Church Lane pupil has undergone numerous rounds of high dose aggressive chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

As a result of the treatment he lost his right arm which has been replaced a titanium prosthesis.

Georgy went into remission in March of last year and life returned to a semblance of normality for the Crewe boy, his mum Helen, dad Richard, and sisters Ellie, 18, and Chloe, 13.

But in April this year the family were dealt another devastating blow when they learned the cancer had returned - this time in Georgys left sinus, just under his eye socket and in the back of his nose.

Helen told CheshireLive: Everything had been going really well and then there was the impact of the coronavirus pandemic so one scan [to check Georgy] was moved further on but we never got to it because he started having really painful headaches. I knew something wasnt right.

Georgys parents were told that, because of the location of the tumour, there was a chance he could lose his eyesight or suffer a stroke during the biopsy he needed.

Helen told how, at first, she didnt want him to have the biopsy, but she knew he had to.

We didnt know if he was going to come out with his eyesight or have a stroke but he came through it, she said. Hes so brave, hes been so brave throughout.

Georgy, who is a passionate Liverpool fan, is now undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy again.

The tumour cannot be removed surgically because of its location.

But the vital stem cell therapy which is essential to ensure he can live a normal, healthy life and prevent the cancer returning at a later stage costs 130,000 and is not available for Georgy on the NHS.

Helen said: After lengthy discussions with a stem cell transplant hospital in a top medical treatment centre in Thailand, we are thrilled that they are willing to accept Georgy.

The transplant will involve removing the faulty mother cell and harvesting new purified cells from a donated umbilical cord into his body to stop the cancer from returning. These procedures have very high success rates.

Georgy is due to finish his sixth and final round of chemotherapy at the beginning of September.

For the stem cell treatment to be successful the procedure would have to start immediately after that to ensure the cancer doesnt return straight away.

The family has set up a JustGiving appeal to raise the funds needed to save their little boys life. They need to raise 120,000 by the beginning of September.

Helen said: We set it up in the hope that we can raise some of this amount to help save our sons life. It is our only realistic option and, for the first time in a long time, we can be positive and see some sort of future.

If you can help please donate by visiting JustGiving here.

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