Ryan Michael Stephen Male

Ry was born on the 4th may 2008 at a very healthy 7lb 11oz. He was 50 cm long and so beautiful. Growing up he was a proper boy, full of energy, loved his bikes and enjoyed being with friends and family. He had the most Gorgeous blond curls and beautiful blue eyes. He would do anything for anyone. He fell in love with playing rugby, when he started he was one of the smallest on the pitch but my god he could tackle. He was amazing at maths, I could ask him anything and he would know it, he was so cleaver. He was always dirty because if he wasn’t playing rugby he was building dirt jumps for his bike. He would give anything a try and was always better at it than anyone else.

At the age of 12 Ry started to get head aches. After a number of doctors appointments and hospital appointments it was an eye test on the 13th March 2021 that finally gave us answers, Ry had leukaemia (ALL) acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. our lives started to crumble. He had a white cell count of 997 one of the highest the hospital had ever seen. We were air lifted to Bristol children’s hospital and Ry was put straight into intensive care, you wouldn’t have known how poorly he was though because he was still smiling. Ry asked loads of questions and it wasn’t long before he knew everything about his treatment, all the long words that the doctors used and what they meant, me and his dad were asking him questions so we could understand. Treatment was hard but was going in the right direction until July when Ry relapsed, after a number of discussions it was decided the Ry should under go a treatment called car-t therapy and this would take place in London. We had to head up there for what they called the harvest, they took some of Rys white blood cells and then sent them off to America, they were altered so when returned to Ry they could kill off the cancer cells. We headedback up to London where Ry had some intense chemotherapy over 4 days, he then had his car t transplant which went well until he developed CRS Cytokine release syndrome this is where the new cells were attacking the cancer cells almost to well and the toxins being released into Rys body was to much. Ry had to go back into intensive care, where he was put onto a kidney machine as his kidneys wasn’t working as they should. He was then put into an induced coma because his body needed a rest.