Overview

• During a February 7 prescription pick-up, a pharmacist’s simple question prompted Paxton to report darker stools, leading to a March 6 endoscopy.
• Doctors diagnosed a grade four squamous cell tumour in his duodenum a day later, one of only 22 confirmed cases worldwide, which has spread to his liver and requires blood transfusions every four days.
• Paxton is undergoing a six-month chemotherapy regimen and radiotherapy to reduce the tumour and control bleeding.
• He has just started immunotherapy but must raise £180,000 for 24 sessions because the treatment is not covered by his private insurance or the NHS.
• Paxton hopes to reach remission after six months of treatment and looks forward to spending more time with his nine-year-old son, Stanley.