Heartbreaks as Jayden loses his fight for life

SIX-YEAR-OLD Plymouth schoolboy Jayden Lamerton has tragically died, following his short battle with cancer.

-  ELLIOT BALL

Brave Jayden was diagnosed with high grade brain tumour diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma [DIPG] in January, and was given a prognosis of just nine months to one year left to live.

Sadly, it has been revealed by his mum, Chelsea Johnson, that her precious six-year-old son has now passed away.

On Tuesday, Chelsea issued a heartbreaking update on the “Jayden’s Army” Facebook group, to announce her little boy had died in the “secret garden”.

She wrote: “After Jayden deteriorated last week, unfortunately, Jayden rapidly decided he wasn’t able to take in any food and liquids due to finding it very difficult to swallow. Jayden spent the last two days at home but unfortunately started to have trouble breathing.

“After an unsettled night with Jayden, an ambulance was called early hours of this morning and it was decided that he needed to be taken in, because of his tumour and the brain giving the wrong signals.

“Unfortunately there wasn’t anything they could do to help other than make him as comfortable as possible and to help him with oxygen and keep him pain-free.