A boy given a devastating cancer diagnosis after thinking he had a stitch on holiday has remarkably defied the odds.
Sam Amess, from Bransholme, was just 12-years-old when he was on holiday in Morocco when he felt a sharp pain "like a stitch".
He decided he would visit the doctors when he returned home to investigate the pain, HullLive reported.
The young lad was sent for an MRI scan which diagnosed him with a stage four liver tumour shortly before his 12th birthday.
Sam was confined to a wheelchair for months and says at one point, hospice care was being discussed.
But now 19, has defied the odds throughout his recovery, as he was originally given a very low chance of survival.
After being diagnosed in the March of 2015, Sam underwent chemo therapy before undergoing a liver transplant in the July that saved his life.
He is now in great health, and plans to undertake a challenge to raise money for a charity that supports those going through what he went through.
Sam will be running 5k at Costello on Sunday, July 3 to raise money for Cancer Research UK.
Speaking to Hull Live, Sam said: "It's been seven years since I was diagnosed and then received my transplant.
"We have done lots of fundraisers before, but this time I wanted to do something by myself.
"Before my diagnosis, I was very active and played a lot of football, but once I started the chemo I was wheelchair-bound for months and I lost a lot of weight.
"To get to where I am now is amazing and running a 5k will be great achievement for me."
Speaking about how it feels to have overcome his cancer, Sam said: "It's quite surreal to be honest, when you think that I'd been given such a low chance of survival and I didn't think I'd make it.
"At one point we were even talking about putting me in a hospice.
"It feels great to be able to do events like this now and raise as much as I can for the people who need it.
Sam has already raised over £250 for Cancer Research UK through his online fundraiser.
He is determined to collect as much as he can before Race For Life starts on July 3.
Sam added: "Any donations that people can make to my fundraiser will help massively.
"I don't want to see anyone else go through what I went through."
