A courageous Southport schoolboy and his family are celebrating after he was told he is now cancer free!
Lewis Wright, aged 12, was given the devastating news that he has leukaemia in July last year just four days before his birthday.
Over the past few months the Birkdale High School pupil has been battling through gruelling chemotherapy treatment at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool.
Despite his ordeal – which would have tested any adult – his huge smile and sense of positivity inspired everyone around him.
In September last year, Boyzone star Rona Keating was so impressed by Lewis’ bravery – and a video of him singing – that he phoned him to wish him well.
Lewis’ overjoyed Mum Kayleigh Sherran said: “Yesterday Lewis went into hospital to have his central line removed.
“While he was sat in recovery we received a call from his consultant with his long awaited bone marrow results and I am so happy to tell you all our boy is now CANCER FREE!
“We are all so, so proud of him and overwhelmed with emotion but he has done it, he smashed it and has done it all with a smile on his face.
“Lewis still has a long road ahead with four to six weekly appointments to have bloods tested but right now I can’t put into words how happy and relieved we all are as a family and how grateful we are for the support everyone has shown.
“I will continue to keep everyone updated and as soon as I can hire a bell I will be live streaming him ringing it at home!”
Lewis Wright, aged 12, from Southport, has been diagnosed with leukaemia. He is pictured with Mum Kayleigh Sherran.
Lewis has never been on a plane or abroad on holiday so Louise wanted to raise money for him to be able to go to Benidorm when he finishes his treatment.
Louise said: “He’d love nothing more than to swim with dolphins, go to the water parks and enjoy quality time away with his mum and big sister.”
Southport people responded with huge kindness, raising nearly £5,000 for the appeal.
The family’s nightmare began last August when Lewis was sent home from hospital with a suspected virus – only to return after his condition worsened to discover he had leukaemia.
Mum Kayleigh said that Lewis lost a stone in weight and was given ‘more needles than she has had in her lifetime’ since his shock diagnosis.
Kayleigh, who works as a carer, said: “The courage he has is unreal and I can’t begin to explain how proud I am of my boy.”
In September 2019, Lewis started his first year in secondary school at Birkdale High School in Southport and settled in straight away, making lots of new friends and thriving in a new environment. Lewis loves spending time with friends and family and missed seeing everyone when lockdown was enforced due to Covid-19.
As restrictions lifted and the schools reopened, Lewis was so excited to get back to school that he was up, dressed in his uniform and raring to go before 7.30am.
He was only back at school two days before he started feeling unwell, on Friday July 10, suffering from chest and back pain.
Two days later Lewis was admitted into Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool and diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. He already had numerous blood transfusions and started an intensive course of chemotherapy to prevent this cancer spreading to his brain.
It has turned life upside down for Kayleigh, along with Lewis’ Dad, Richard; big sister, Caitlin; and brother, Malakye.
Lewis Wright, aged 12, from Southport, has been diagnosed with leukaemia. He is pictured with big sister, Caitlin.
Kayleigh said: “He started having pains in his chest and back which then started in his knees too.
“I took him to Ormskirk District General Hospital where I was told he had a virus and he should be fine in three days, and we were sent home.
“The following day his pains got worse and started to spread into other joints.
“It got to the afternoon and he was really struggling so I took him back to Ormskirk Hospital again where they examined him, took x-rays and blood tests and gave him strong pain relief. “We waited for three hours for blood results and at about 11.30pm we got the devastating news that they suspected it was leukaemia and there was an ambulance on its way to take us to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool.
“A million thoughts went through my mind. Surely he couldn’t have leukaemia? He was absolutely fine until Friday. Surely it can’t come on that fast.”
Kayleigh was full of praise for the care the family received from doctors and nursing staff in Liverpool.
She said: “We arrived in the amazing Alder Hey who couldn’t do any more for us. They were fantastic with Lewis and gave us so much support. They spent the next 24 hours doing tests and observations.
“Then the full diagnosis came that Lewis has Acute Myeloid Leukemia. I felt like my whole world fell apart.
Southport schoolboy Lewis Wright is now cancer free
“Straight away they operated and put in lines for his chemotherapy to start the next day and did a bone marrow biopsy.
“Two days later he went for surgery again for a lumber puncture to give him a dose of chemotherapy into his spinal fluid.
“His treatment is strong and intense and we were told it would floor a fully grown man that was an athlete. They weren’t wrong.
“Lewis has been so, so poorly from the side effects. He lost one stone in weight in a week and was prodded, poked and had more needles than I have in my whole life.
“During his first dose of chemotherapy Lewis made the decision to shave his head before he lost his hair to keep some control over the whole situation.
“Throughout it all he has remained strong, positive and has been absolutely amazing.
“The courage he has is unreal and I can’t begin to explain how proud I am of my boy.
“It will be a long road to recovery and I am in no doubt it will have its ups and downs but I know this boy of mine can fight this every step of the way.”
People are also being invited to join the Facebook Group Lewis Wright raffle Aml Leukemia.
Louise said: “Everyone knows Lewis by his big smile – even in these hard times.
“Lewis has got this personality where you can be in the worst mood and he can just change that in seconds.
“He smiles and the whole room lights up.
“Other than being a little comedian, he is also sensitive, sweet and has a massive heart.”
Do you have any stories for Stand Up For Southport? Please message Andrew Brown via Facebook here or email me at: mediaandrewbrown@gmail.com
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