Gunner's Goal reached as Bridgnorth comes together to help ill boy
More than £10,000 has been raised in an appeal to help a poorly toddler get a vital stem cell donor before he turns two.
In March, nineteen-month-old Gunner Lewis-Vale from Highley was diagnosed with a rare mucopolysaccharide disease, MPS Type 1 Hurler, which means his body cannot convert sugar into necessary protein in the body.
Gunner’s doctors have said his best chance of survival is with a stem cell transplant before his second birthday later this year.
His family, from Highley, near Bridgnorth, have been raising urgent funds to add more donors to a stem cell register – it costs £40 to recruit each potential donor to the register.
An online fundraiser to help his cause has raised just over £10,000 in the space of a month, though further donations will still help a charitable trust.
It got over the line thanks to a generous donation of £250 this week.
