The surprise came from a nine-year old boy, who began donating Christmas gifts to hospital children two years prior to his battle with cancer. He was then surprised by a trip to Legoland.
Elliott Furse, from Cornwall, launched Elliott’s Christmas Appeal in 2018 to provide gifts for sick children, because he ‘had enough presents’ and didn’t want any other children to be ‘lonely and sad’ at Christmas.
Elliott was first diagnosed last year with a brain tumor. He underwent two surgeries to remove it, as well as radiotherapy and intensive chemotherapy. Elliott is currently in remission.
Appearing on This Morning, Elliott was surprised with a trip to the theme park in Windsor, which was closed to other visitors, to switch on the Christmas lights and viewers hailed the moment ‘adorable’.
Elliott Furse (Cornwall), who began donating Christmas gifts to children at hospital two years prior to battling cancer, was shocked to receive a holiday trip to Legoland during This Morning
One viewer said, “Elliot, what a beautiful, selfless and gorgeous little boy!”
Another wrote, “Oh bless Elliot,”
One third said: “When Elliot comes along, it restores my faith in humanity somewhat.”
He was just too amazed by the surprise, and was so grateful for it. Samantha, his mother, said that it was an amazing day.
Elliott was surprised to find out that Windsor was open to visitors for Christmas lighting. The moment was hailed by viewers as “adorable”.
Elliot was becoming sicker every morning. His parents became more worried when he couldn’t walk correctly and started to get double vision.
Samantha said that he became sick from time to time. “Every few days he’d throw up, then he would feel fine. And this continued for a bit.
“We went to see the GP and thought it could be anxiety. He also had concerns about locking down. It continued for a long time. He started to feel unable to walk correctly at the beginning July. It was very wobbly, with lots of double vision.
Elliot fell to his death after returning from family vacation. Within hours of calling an ambulance, Elliot was diagnosed with brain cancer and transferred to Bristol Children’s Hospital.
Samantha, his mother, stated that he and his family were so fortunate to have such a wonderful surprise.
An operation was carried out to drain fluid from the brain of an eight year old boy. The second procedure took place over 14 hours to eliminate the main tumour.
Elliot was unable to talk or walk immediately following the surgery. However, he started talking again in September last year.
Samantha answered a question about her son today by saying that things were going well and that he was back to school.
‘He’s keeping up with his therapies, he’s back to having friends, and has gone back to be a regular nine-year-old little boy he has a unique sense of humour that carries him through, he’s doing really well.
Elliot launched Elliott’s Christmas Appeal in 2018 to provide gifts for sick children, because he ‘had enough presents’ and didn’t want others to be sad at Christmas
Elliott, who had a brain tumour last year, was brought to hospital. Two operations were required to remove the tumor.
He has an MRI scheduled for next week. He hopes that the results will be positive. Although it’s a continuous four-month cycle that we have become accustomed to, and that is going very well, it’s a steady, consistent, and ongoing, four month process.
Elliot was able to use leftover money from his fundraising to help children with disabilities with laptops and homeschooling in January. Now, he is determined to fundraise enough to get a caravan for cancer-stricken kids to enjoy Cornwall.
Samantha stated that her husband wants to purchase a caravan, or similar, next year.
Children with cancer are able to come down for rest and holiday free of cost.
“So he thinks of selling cakes and doing dog shows in order to make some extra money for next year.