A heartbroken mum whose six-year-old son died just eight months after being diagnosed with a brain stem tumour is set to take on a charity walk in his memory.

Ashley McKenzie’s little boy Jaxon was a healthy, happy youngster when he suddenly developed slurred speech and a limp over the course of a weekend last year.

Tests revealed the Broxburn boy had a rare and inoperable brain stem tumour, diffuse midline glioma, in April 2024, reports the Record .

Despite undergoing 13 gruelling sessions of radiotherapy, brave Jaxon lost his fight on December 14, just two weeks before his seventh birthday.

Edinburgh Live reported in April how Ashley and husband David set up Jaxon’s Gift to help families facing the nightmare of a childhood cancer diagnosis.

Jaxon and his family

Dave told Ed

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