A "bubbly, smiley" five-year-old diagnosed with cancer has undergone multiple operations and chemotherapy to beat the disease, including having his leg amputated.
Damian Waller Gray was diagnosed with Ewing's Sarcoma, a rare type of bone cancer, in September, shortly after the family moved to Ipswich.
His cancer was found in his right leg by Ipswich Hospital, and since then, the five-year-old has undergone chemotherapy sessions.
Damian required an amputation as due to the cancer spreading he would not have been able to use his leg ever again.
Doctors also took action to ensure that when Damian becomes an adult he will have the option to have his own family.
Damian's mum, Beth Mohun Gray, said: "I took him to Ipswich Hospital and they did scans and all the checks they needed too, and then they asked me to go into a quiet room with them.
"My heart just went. I didn't know what was going on, and that is when they told me that Damian had bone cancer.
"It covered his whole tibia and it was very aggressive and angry."
Damian, who has three siblings, Holly, Alaia and Cole, is currently at Stanmore Hospital in London, but visits Addenbrookes for chemotherapy treatment, and Ipswich Hospital, where they first found the cancer, for blood transfusions and when he has fevers.
Beth and Damian’s dad stays with Damian at hospital, switching days, with Beth's partner Jay visiting regularly also.
Beth said: "Damian is such a trooper.
"He gets through everything just smiling.
"Even before we knew it was cancer he was still walking, playing and running on his leg.
"He was still going to school.
"He is so resilient and even throughout his chemo, he is just fighting and battling and he is still bubbly.
"He is scared, as we all are, but he is absolutely amazing and so strong."
Damian is a big fan of fishing and his mum said "he can't wait to get back to doing that".
He is also a big fan of gardening, and has been showing off his gardening skills while in hospital, growing lots of vegetables that he is very proud of at the moment.
Beth continued: "Ipswich Hospital has been absolutely fantastic.
"The oncology team have been amazing in what has been a very hard, emotional time.
"Since we moved to Ipswich in August, it has been one thing after another, but Ipswich Hospital and Holly and Damian's school, Gusford Primary School, have both been brilliant."
Beth said: "The group has helped me so much.
"I don't have a lot of support, it's only me and my small family.
"My dad lives far away, my mum lives fairly far as well.
"You never realise how much kindness there is in the world until you need it.
"Everyone has been so kind and supportive, strangers, just cheering Damian on.
"It is amazing and I don't know how I'd have kept my sanity without the group."
Beth and her family are also looking to relocate to a new adapted house, due to their current house being unsuitable for Damian, with stairs leading to the property and being too small for his wheelchair to get around.
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