A six-year-old Liverpool Fan who has one year left to live dreams of meeting Mo Salah.
Jayden Lamerton, six, has an incurable brain tumour and his family are now creating memories they can cherish. Jayden, who has "always supported Liverpool", was taken to the Royal Eye Infirmary in Plymouth in December last year, as "his eye had suddenly turned inwards".
Just weeks later, on January 5, he was booked in for an MRI, which showed a "lump" in his brain stem. He was sadly diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma [DIPG] and the prognosis is nine months to one year, PlymouthLive reports.
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The "beautiful, funny and cheeky" young football fan's family are doing everything they can to help his dreams come true and set up a fundraiser, which has raised £43,601 - with some of that money going towards petrol, hotel and travel costs.
But now, his family are trying to help Jayden achieve one of his dreams. He will be taking his first ever trip to Anfield this weekend and it would "literally be his dream come true" to walk out onto the pitch with his idols on Saturday, January 21.
Jayden's Auntie, Lucy Rhian Dawson, said her nephew is "absolutely mad" for Liverpool and it would "honestly mean the world to him".
Lucy said: "Jayden has always supported Liverpool, he’s absolutely mad for them. He loves to play football. It’s his first ever time to Anfield on Saturday.
"His favourite player is Salah and it would honestly mean the world to him, it would literally be his dream come true."
His mum Chelsea Edmonds revealed the awful news the family were recently given and has left them broken hearted, yet determined to 'make his dreams come true and make this last short space of time bearable for all involved'.
On the fundraiser, Chelsea wrote: "On 21 December 2022 I had a phone call from his school, asking to collect Jayden as his eye had suddenly turned inwards. Jayden went to the Royal Eye Infirmary, where his eye sight was found to be fine. He was booked in for an MRI scan on Thursday 5th January. That is the day our lives changed. The MRI showed a 'lump' in his brain stem.
"We had an agonising week wait to be seen in Bristol hospital for a diagnosis and treatment options. Sadly, Jayden has been diagnosed with DIPG [Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma]. DIPG is a type of high grade brain tumour. High grade brain tumours tend to grow quickly and are more likely to spread to other parts of the brain or spinal cord.
"DIPGs originate in an area of the brain, and more specifically the brainstem, called the pons. The pons is an area deep within the lower part of the brain which is responsible for a number of critical bodily functions, such as breathing, sleeping and blood pressure.
"Then the Dr explained, this is incurable and gave a prognosis for Jayden to live for approximately nine to 12 months. Jayden will receive radiotherapy, starting in around two weeks time. This will be in Bristol every day for four to six weeks, to prolong his wellness and give him as much time as possible. As a family, we are beyond devastated, angry and heartbroken. You never think it will be you until it is.
"We are now asking for help financially. For help with travel, petrol and hotel costs. Also to support us financially whilst we will all be taking time off work to go to the treatment.
"But also, to help us create memories as a family. No family should experience this, there is so much we need and want to do, and we want to do as much as we can in our short time left. We want to make his dreams come true and make this last short space of time bearable for all involved, creating memories that will last forever."
If you can help or wish to donate visit the gofundme page here.
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